Payday! — $2 North Carolina Scratch-Off #927
Payday! (#927) was a $2 North Carolina scratch-off. Its final figures, from February 27, 2025, were 69.4% payout ($1.39 expected back per ticket), 1 in 4.16 for any prize and 1 in 1,761,215 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has risen 3.1 points (66.3% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 11.3% (1 in 4.63 at launch). 1 of 5 top prizes of $20,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 75.6% of its tickets had sold. Payday! is no longer on sale in North Carolina; the figures below are final as of February 27, 2025.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Payday!, 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, 423,473 of 1,558,446 prizes (27.2%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,000 | 1 in 1,442,221 | 1 in 1,761,215 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20.0% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 288,444 | 1 in 352,243 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 20.0% |
| $500 | 1 in 78,382 | 1 in 73,384 | 92 | 68 | 24 | 26.1% |
| $200 | 1 in 25,939 | 1 in 25,900 | 278 | 210 | 68 | 24.5% |
| $100 | 1 in 4,719 | 1 in 5,018 | 1,528 | 1,177 | 351 | 23.0% |
| $50 | 1 in 3,184 | 1 in 3,238 | 2,265 | 1,721 | 544 | 24.0% |
| $40 | 1 in 1,858 | 1 in 1,927 | 3,882 | 2,968 | 914 | 23.5% |
| $20 | 1 in 37.5 | 1 in 37.8 | 192,296 | 145,756 | 46,540 | 24.2% |
| $10 | 1 in 60.0 | 1 in 58.1 | 120,208 | 89,913 | 30,295 | 25.2% |
| $5 | 1 in 50.0 | 1 in 45.4 | 144,222 | 105,395 | 38,827 | 26.9% |
| $4 | 1 in 15.4 | 1 in 14.0 | 468,645 | 342,736 | 125,909 | 26.9% |
| $2 | 1 in 11.5 | 1 in 9.78 | 625,000 | 445,005 | 179,995 | 28.8% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.63 | 1 in 4.16 | 1,558,446 | 1,134,973 | 423,473 | 27.2% |
How Payday! has moved
Payday!: common questions
- How many $20,000 prizes are left in Payday!?
- 1 of 5 as of October 27, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,761,215.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Payday!?
- 1 in 4.16 as of October 27, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.63 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.16, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 7.23.
- Is Payday! worth buying?
- Its current payout is 69.4% ($1.39 back per $2 ticket), rank #— of 62 in North Carolina. The best $2 alternative as of October 27, 2026 is Jr Big Ol Bucks (#44, $2) at 69.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Payday! tickets are left?
- We estimate 1,761,215 of roughly 7,212,500 printed tickets are unsold (75.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Payday! launch and is it still on sale?
- We first saw it on February 16, 2025. It has ended.
Other $2 North Carolina scratch-offs
- Jr Big Ol Bucks — 69.4% payout, 1 in 4.39 any prize
- 10X The Cash — 67.5% payout, 1 in 4.54 any prize
- Easy $100s — 66.3% payout, 1 in 4.53 any prize
- Corner Payout — 65.9% payout, 1 in 4.48 any prize
- $20,000 Taxes Paid — 65.8% payout, 1 in 4.48 any prize