NC · #985 · $30

MAX-A-MILLION

North Carolina· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.81

USA percentile

94th

of 1,870 games

Top prizes left

13

$1,000,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-06-21

Forecast sellout

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MAX-A-MILLION is a $30 scratch-off game from the North Carolina (game #985). As of the most recent daily scan, 13 top prizes of $1M remain unclaimed, as published by the North Carolina. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 2.95. Our models put its expected value at 0.81 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.81 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.81 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.52% of $1.0M prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 94th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

13 tiers · % remaining
$1M
13/25
52%
$100K
6/10
$20K
11/20
$5K
20/40
$1K
407/756
$500
4.0K/7.6K
$300
16.0K/30.3K
$200
143.7K/273.0K
$100
119.7K/227.4K
$60
160.1K/303.3K
$50
320.3K/606.5K
$40
384.8K/728.0K
$30
485.1K/910.0K

Total unclaimed prize value: $117.38M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,870 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 median0.71 EV/$
YOU · 94th
USA: 94th percentileNC: 84th 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 · +1%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — NC field

90 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.300.601.03break-even · 1.00 EV/$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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