
North Carolina· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.68
USA percentile
56th
of 2,195 games
Top prizes left
3
$150,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-03
Forecast sellout
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Loteria Grande is a $5 scratch-off game from the North Carolina lottery (game #52). As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $150,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the North Carolina lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.86. Our models put its expected value at 0.68 per dollar, returning about $0.68 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 12 of 24 $5 games on sale in North Carolina.
THE THESIS
At 0.68 EV/$, this game ranks 12 of 24 same-price games on sale in North Carolina (median 0.68).
Total unclaimed prize value: $15.37M — 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 3, 2026, 3 of the 5 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 16 prize levels the lottery reports, 1,168,275 of 1,597,003 prizes (73%) remain.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.41 on average (0.68 per dollar), which ranks 12 of 24 $5 games on sale in North Carolina, level with the $5 median of 0.68. Among every North Carolina game with a computable value it is 65 of 112; nationally it sits in the 56th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 117,356 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 2 top prizes.
Figures come from the prize data the North Carolina lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 3, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
SIMILAR PLAYS IN NC
Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal
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