
North Carolina· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.62
USA percentile
30th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
2
$75,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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LOTERIA® is a $3 scratch-off game from the North Carolina lottery (game #959). As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $75,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the North Carolina lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.99. Our models put its expected value at 0.62 per dollar, returning about $0.62 per dollar on average at current prize levels.
THE THESIS
At 0.62 EV/$, this game returns about $0.62 for every $1 spent at current prize levels.
Total unclaimed prize value: $1.36M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
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.
Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
No other active NC games currently clear break-even.
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
As of November 4, 2026, 2 of the 8 $75,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 15 prize levels the lottery reports, 181,805 of 2,326,182 prizes (8%) remain; the thinnest level is $150, with 2% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $3 ticket returns about $1.87 on average (0.62 per dollar). Among every North Carolina game with a computable value it is 98 of 112; nationally it sits in the 30th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 682 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize.
Figures come from the prize data the North Carolina lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
SIMILAR PLAYS IN NC
Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal
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