How many $2,000,000 prizes are left in Instant Millions?

2 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,138,043.

What are the odds of winning anything on Instant Millions?

1 in 3.76 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.41 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.76, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.01.

Is Instant Millions worth buying?

Its current payout is 73.1% ($14.61 back per $20 ticket), rank #34 of 62 in North Carolina. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Ruby Red 7's (#8, $20) at 78.1%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Instant Millions tickets are left?

We estimate 2,276,086 of roughly 6,918,227 printed tickets are unsold (67.1% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Instant Millions launch and is it still on sale?

We first saw it on February 16, 2025. It is still on sale.

Instant Millions — $20 North Carolina Scratch-Off #932

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:09 UTC

Instant Millions North Carolina scratch-off ticket

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Instant Millions (#932) is a $20 North Carolina scratch-off. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #34 of 62 active games on current payout (73.1%, $14.61 expected back per ticket) and #9 of 11 $20 games, #20 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.76) and #26 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,138,043). Since launch the payout has fallen 4.2 points (77.2% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 9.4% (1 in 3.41 at launch). 2 of 4 top prizes of $2,000,000 remain, and we estimate 2,276,086 tickets are still unsold (67.1% sold). That is below average for North Carolina; the North Carolina ranking lists show better payouts, including at $20.

Current payout

73.1%

77.2% at launch

Expected value

$14.61

per $20 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.76

1 in 3.41 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.76

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.01

win more than $20

$600+ odds

1 in 26,777

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

2 of 4

$2,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

32.9%

≈ 2,276,086 tickets

Last top prize claimed: May 6, 2025, 537 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Instant Millions, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other North Carolina game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 605,137 of 2,030,977 prizes (29.8%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$2,000,000	1 in 1,729,605	1 in 1,138,043	4	2	2	50.0%
$100,000	1 in 864,803	1 in 758,695	8	5	3	37.5%
$10,000	1 in 576,535	1 in 569,021	12	8	4	33.3%
$5,000	1 in 117,261	1 in 119,794	59	40	19	32.2%
$1,000	1 in 39,087	1 in 39,931	177	120	57	32.2%
$500	1 in 6,021	1 in 6,876	1,149	818	331	28.8%
$200	1 in 99.9	1 in 113.4	69,271	49,200	20,071	29.0%
$100	1 in 24.0	1 in 27.0	288,348	204,090	84,258	29.2%
$50	1 in 12.0	1 in 13.3	576,562	405,957	170,605	29.6%
$30	1 in 20.0	1 in 22.1	345,850	242,676	103,174	29.8%
$20	1 in 9.23	1 in 10.0	749,537	522,924	226,613	30.2%
All prizes	1 in 3.41	1 in 3.76	2,030,977	1,425,840	605,137	29.8%

How Instant Millions has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Instant Millions. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 22, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 19 remain.
September 26, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 4 remain.
September 16, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 20 remain.
September 25, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 69 remain.
September 24, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 24 remain.
September 11, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 70 remain.
September 3, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 71 remain.
August 30, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 72 remain.
August 19, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 73 remain.
August 16, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 25 remain.
July 15, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 74 remain.
July 1, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 75 remain.

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

Instant Millions: common questions

How many $2,000,000 prizes are left in Instant Millions?: 2 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,138,043.
What are the odds of winning anything on Instant Millions?: 1 in 3.76 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.41 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.76, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.01.
Is Instant Millions worth buying?: Its current payout is 73.1% ($14.61 back per $20 ticket), rank #34 of 62 in North Carolina. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Ruby Red 7's (#8, $20) at 78.1%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Instant Millions tickets are left?: We estimate 2,276,086 of roughly 6,918,227 printed tickets are unsold (67.1% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Instant Millions launch and is it still on sale?: We first saw it on February 16, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $20 North Carolina scratch-offs

100X The Cash — 79.1% payout, 1 in 2.62 any prize
Ruby Red 7's — 78.1% payout, 1 in 3.57 any prize
$2 MILLION VAULT — 77.4% payout, 1 in 3.41 any prize
Stacks of Cash — 77.0% payout, 1 in 3.51 any prize
20 Years — 76.7% payout, 1 in 3.41 any prize

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