The current odds of winning any prize on $2 Holiday Gold are 1 in 4.14 (24.15%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $20,000 top prize.

Not yet. All 4 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed, as of Nov 3, 2026. We estimate nearly all of the game's 3,940,394 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. $2 Holiday Gold is on sale at North Carolina Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 11 $2 North Carolina scratch-offs on sale, $2 Holiday Gold ranks #1 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 4.14 tickets winning at least the $2 ticket price back. No other $2 North Carolina scratch-off has better odds of breaking even right now.

$2 Holiday Gold has 10 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $20,000 at 1 in 984,761 (4 of 4 left); $1,000+ at 1 in 246,190 (12 of 12 left); $500+ at 1 in 29,396 (118 of 118 left); $100+ at 1 in 4,125 (821 of 823 left); $50+ at 1 in 765 (4,195 of 4,197 left); $20+ at 1 in 125 (26,288 of 26,296 left); $10+ at 1 in 18.3 (183,976 of 184,040 left); $5+ at 1 in 10.6 (157,933 of 157,982 left); $4+ at 1 in 6.46 (236,323 of 236,416 left); $2+ at 1 in 4.14 (341,782 of 341,898 left).

The odds of winning at least your $2 back on one $2 Holiday Gold ticket are 1 in 4.14 (24.15%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 6.46 (15.48%).

$2 Holiday Gold costs $2 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.

$2 Holiday Gold, a $2 North Carolina scratch-off, was released on Nov 3, 2026 by the North Carolina Lottery.