MAX-A-MILLION
North Carolina· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.81
USA percentile
95th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
12
$1,000,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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MAX-A-MILLION is a $30 scratch-off game from the North Carolina lottery (game #985). As of the most recent daily scan, 12 top prizes of $1M remain unclaimed, as published by the North Carolina lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 2.95. Our models put its expected value at 0.81 per dollar, returning about $0.81 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 6 of 10 $30 games on sale in North Carolina.
THE THESIS
At 0.81 EV/$, this game ranks 6 of 10 same-price games on sale in North Carolina (median 0.82).
- 1.48% of $1.0M prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 95th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
13 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $107.06M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 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 tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 17% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.
Price vs EV — NC field
112 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
MAX-A-MILLION: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 12 of the 25 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 13 prize levels the lottery reports, 1,489,647 of 3,087,051 prizes (48%) remain; the thinnest level is $5,000, with 43% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $30 ticket returns about $24.36 on average (0.81 per dollar), which ranks 6 of 10 $30 games on sale in North Carolina, below the $30 median of 0.82. Among every North Carolina game with a computable value it is 14 of 112; nationally it sits in the 95th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 26,421 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.
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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.