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Decent valueActiveStacks of Cash · $20 · North Carolina Lottery
Stacks of Cash: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.87 on average.
▲ +1.7 pts vs launch#6 of 12 · $20 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM
▲ +1.7 pts vs launch#6 of 12 · $20 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM
Stacks of Cash is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.3%, up 1.7 percentage points from the launch value of 77.6%. 2 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 47% of the 4.4M printed tickets have been sold.
79.3%
expected return
1 in 3.35
odds of any win
2 of 3
$2M jackpots left
47%
claimed · 2.1M of 4.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 692,592 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $20
$30 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,706 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.87 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.83 · 69.1% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $100K
$0.32 · 1.6% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.72 · 8.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.7%
Just 2 tickets out of 2.3M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
692,500 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
47% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
4.4M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 47%
2.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
53%
67% of top prizes remain with only 53% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
North Carolina Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 NC peers
#6 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM.
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