NC · #35 · $30

$100,000 Cash Payday

North Carolina· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.78

USA percentile

89th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

57

$100,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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$100,000 Cash Payday is a $30 scratch-off game from the North Carolina (game #35). As of the most recent daily scan, 57 top prizes of $100 remain unclaimed, as published by the North Carolina. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.49. Our models put its expected value at 0.78 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.78 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.78 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.71% of $100,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 89th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$100K
57/80
71%
$30K
7/10
$3K
115/157
$500
7.7K/10.6K
$300
51.6K/71.7K
$150
115.4K/160.5K
$100
294.2K/409.4K
$50
353.8K/491.1K
$30
443.7K/614.0K

Total unclaimed prize value: $103.31M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active NC games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
NC median0.70 EV/$
YOU · 89th
USA: 89th percentileNC: 72th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +2%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — NC field

98 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.300.601.04break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

No other active NC games currently clear break-even.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.

States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.

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