$20,000 Taxes Paid
North Carolina· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.65
USA percentile
44th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
2
$27,774 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
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$20,000 Taxes Paid is a $2 scratch-off game from the North Carolina lottery (game #55). As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $27,774 remain unclaimed, as published by the North Carolina lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.51. Our models put its expected value at 0.65 per dollar, returning about $0.65 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 2 of 10 $2 games on sale in North Carolina.
THE THESIS
At 0.65 EV/$, this game ranks 2 of 10 same-price games on sale in North Carolina (median 0.64).
- 1.50% of $27,774 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 44th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
12 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $3.86M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,154 active gamesWhere 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.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersClaim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
Price vs EV — NC field
106 games · break-even highlightedNo 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.
ABOUT THIS GAME
$20,000 Taxes Paid: prizes, value and pace
As of October 25, 2026, 2 of the 4 $27,774 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 12 prize levels the lottery reports, 655,412 of 1,095,243 prizes (60%) remain.
At current prize levels a $2 ticket returns about $1.31 on average (0.65 per dollar), which ranks 2 of 10 $2 games on sale in North Carolina, above the $2 median of 0.64. Among every North Carolina game with a computable value it is 76 of 106; nationally it sits in the 44th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 207,043 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 1 top prize.
Figures come from the prize data the North Carolina lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 25, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a NC game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.