The current odds of winning any prize on $100,000 Cash Payday are 1 in 3.5 (28.58%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $100,000 top prize.

Yes. 27 of the 80 $100,000 top prizes have been claimed, and 53 are still unclaimed, as of Oct 16, 2026. We estimate about 66% of the game's 6,133,545 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. $100,000 Cash Payday is on sale at North Carolina Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 10 $30 North Carolina scratch-offs on sale, $100,000 Cash Payday ranks #6 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 3.5 tickets winning at least the $30 ticket price back. Right now the $30 game with the best odds of breaking even is 200X The Cash, where 1 in 2.96 tickets wins at least $30 back.

$100,000 Cash Payday has 9 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $100,000 at 1 in 76,213 (53 of 80 left); $30,000+ at 1 in 67,322 (7 of 10 left); $3,000+ at 1 in 24,481 (105 of 157 left); $500+ at 1 in 562 (7,020 of 10,555 left); $300+ at 1 in 74.7 (46,920 of 71,663 left); $150+ at 1 in 25.4 (105,191 of 160,462 left); $100+ at 1 in 9.45 (268,062 of 409,355 left); $50+ at 1 in 5.39 (322,289 of 491,138 left); $30+ at 1 in 3.5 (404,799 of 614,043 left).

The odds of winning at least your $30 back on one $100,000 Cash Payday ticket are 1 in 3.5 (28.58%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 5.39 (18.56%).

$100,000 Cash Payday costs $30 per ticket. It is sold at authorized North Carolina Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — North Carolina scratch tickets and North Carolina scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The North Carolina Lottery lists them under "Scratch-Offs" on its own site. "Scratch Tickets" is simply what most players in North Carolina call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.

$100,000 Cash Payday, a $30 North Carolina scratch-off, was released on Mar 3, 2026 by the North Carolina Lottery.