Bits & Odds

Stacks of Cash — $20 North Carolina Scratch-Off #27

Data captured September 9, 2026

Stacks of Cash (#27) is a $20 North Carolina scratch-off. As of September 9, 2026 it ranks #11 of 58 active games on current payout (77.9%, $15.59 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 11 $20 games, #11 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.43) and #22 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,108,564). Since launch the payout has risen 0.3 points (77.6% at launch) and the any-prize odds have worsened 2.4% (1 in 3.35 at launch). 2 of 3 top prizes of $2,000,000 remain, and we estimate 2,217,128 tickets are still unsold (49.8% 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
77.9%
77.6% at launch
Expected value
$15.59
per $20 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.43
1 in 3.35 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.43
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 5.41
win more than $20
$600+ odds
1 in 25,484
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
2 of 3
$2,000,000 each
Tickets remaining
50.2%
≈ 2,217,128 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Stacks of Cash, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 646,166 of 1,317,559 prizes (49.0%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$2,000,000 1 in 1,471,920 1 in 1,108,564 3 1 2 66.7%
$100,000 1 in 735,960 1 in 739,043 6 3 3 50.0%
$10,000 1 in 367,980 1 in 443,426 12 7 5 41.7%
$5,000 1 in 58,877 1 in 59,922 75 38 37 49.3%
$2,000 1 in 58,877 1 in 55,428 75 35 40 53.3%
$500 1 in 2,980 1 in 3,110 1,482 769 713 48.1%
$200 1 in 119.9 1 in 123.8 36,839 18,923 17,916 48.6%
$100 1 in 20.8 1 in 21.5 211,842 108,849 102,993 48.6%
$50 1 in 24.0 1 in 24.7 183,834 93,910 89,924 48.9%
$40 1 in 40.0 1 in 41.1 110,455 56,507 53,948 48.8%
$30 1 in 15.0 1 in 15.4 294,481 150,224 144,257 49.0%
$20 1 in 9.23 1 in 9.38 478,455 242,127 236,328 49.4%
All prizes1 in 3.351 in 3.43 1,317,559671,393 646,16649.0%

How Stacks of Cash has moved

75% 77% 79% Sep 2026Sep 2026Sep 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Stacks of Cash. 3 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

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

Stacks of Cash: common questions

How many $2,000,000 prizes are left in Stacks of Cash?
2 of 3 as of September 9, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,108,564.
What are the odds of winning anything on Stacks of Cash?
1 in 3.43 today, compared with 1 in 3.35 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.43, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.41.
Is Stacks of Cash worth buying?
Its current payout is 77.9% ($15.59 back per $20 ticket), rank #11 of 58 in North Carolina. The best $20 alternative today is 100X The Cash (#976, $20) at 77.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Stacks of Cash tickets are left?
We estimate 2,217,128 of roughly 4,416,140 printed tickets are unsold (49.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Stacks of Cash launch and is it still on sale?
We first saw it on September 7, 2026. It is still on sale.

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