How many $2,000,000 prizes are left in Ruby Red 7's?

1 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 894,967.

What are the odds of winning anything on Ruby Red 7's?

1 in 3.57 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.45 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.57, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.63.

Is Ruby Red 7's worth buying?

Its current payout is 78.1% ($15.61 back per $20 ticket), rank #11 of 62 in North Carolina. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is $2 MILLION VAULT (#992, $20) at 77.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Ruby Red 7's tickets are left?

We estimate 894,967 of roughly 5,120,604 printed tickets are unsold (82.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Ruby Red 7's launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on August 5, 2025. It is still on sale.

Ruby Red 7's — $20 North Carolina Scratch-Off #8

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:09 UTC · launched August 5, 2025

Ruby Red 7's North Carolina scratch-off ticket

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Ruby Red 7's (#8) is a $20 North Carolina scratch-off launched on August 5, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #11 of 62 active games on current payout (78.1%, $15.61 expected back per ticket) and #2 of 11 $20 games, #15 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.57) and #17 on top-prize odds (1 in 894,967). Since launch the payout has risen 0.8 points (77.3% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 3.4% (1 in 3.45 at launch). 1 of 3 top prizes of $2,000,000 remain, and we estimate 894,967 tickets are still unsold (82.5% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout

78.1%

77.3% at launch

Expected value

$15.61

per $20 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.57

1 in 3.45 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.57

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 5.63

win more than $20

$600+ odds

1 in 19,042

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

1 of 3

$2,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

17.5%

≈ 894,967 tickets

Last top prize claimed: October 20, 2026, 5 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Ruby Red 7's, 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, 250,507 of 1,484,384 prizes (16.9%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$2,000,000	1 in 1,707,230	1 in 894,967	3	2	1	33.3%
$100,000	1 in 569,077	1 in 894,967	9	8	1	11.1%
$10,000	1 in 170,723	1 in 178,993	30	25	5	16.7%
$1,000	1 in 23,602	1 in 22,374	217	177	40	18.4%
$500	1 in 3,007	1 in 3,403	1,703	1,440	263	15.4%
$400	1 in 2,966	1 in 3,339	1,727	1,459	268	15.5%
$200	1 in 60.1	1 in 65.7	85,297	71,671	13,626	16.0%
$100	1 in 30.8	1 in 33.5	166,101	139,401	26,700	16.1%
$50	1 in 30.0	1 in 32.7	170,843	143,454	27,389	16.0%
$40	1 in 37.5	1 in 39.3	136,591	113,840	22,751	16.7%
$30	1 in 12.5	1 in 13.2	409,290	341,387	67,903	16.6%
$20	1 in 9.99	1 in 9.77	512,573	421,013	91,560	17.9%
All prizes	1 in 3.45	1 in 3.57	1,484,384	1,233,877	250,507	16.9%

How Ruby Red 7's has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Ruby Red 7's. 102 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 40 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $2,000,000 prize was claimed; 1 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 41 remain.
October 9, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 42 remain.
October 1, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 43 remain.
September 30, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 5 remain.
September 30, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 44 remain.
September 26, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 45 remain.
September 25, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 46 remain.
September 24, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 47 remain.
September 23, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 48 remain.
September 22, 2026: one $100,000 prize was claimed; 1 remain.

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

Ruby Red 7's: common questions

How many $2,000,000 prizes are left in Ruby Red 7's?: 1 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 894,967.
What are the odds of winning anything on Ruby Red 7's?: 1 in 3.57 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.45 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.57, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.63.
Is Ruby Red 7's worth buying?: Its current payout is 78.1% ($15.61 back per $20 ticket), rank #11 of 62 in North Carolina. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is $2 MILLION VAULT (#992, $20) at 77.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Ruby Red 7's tickets are left?: We estimate 894,967 of roughly 5,120,604 printed tickets are unsold (82.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Ruby Red 7's launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on August 5, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $20 North Carolina scratch-offs

100X The Cash — 79.1% payout, 1 in 2.62 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
$2,000,000 Taxes Paid — 76.1% payout, 1 in 3.83 any prize

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