The current odds of winning any prize on $20,000 Taxes Paid are 1 in 4.57 (21.90%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $27,774 top prize.

Yes. 2 of the 4 $27,774 top prizes have been claimed, and 2 are still unclaimed, as of Oct 16, 2026. We estimate about 66% of the game's 4,939,545 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. $20,000 Taxes Paid is on sale at North Carolina Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 10 $2 North Carolina scratch-offs on sale, $20,000 Taxes Paid ranks #1 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 4.57 tickets winning at least the $2 ticket price back. No other $2 North Carolina scratch-off has better odds of breaking even right now.

$20,000 Taxes Paid has 12 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $27,774 at 1 in 1,636,334 (2 of 4 left); $2,000+ at 1 in 297,515 (9 of 12 left); $500+ at 1 in 22,263 (136 of 211 left); $200+ at 1 in 10,765 (157 of 251 left); $100+ at 1 in 4,207 (474 of 747 left); $50+ at 1 in 1,131 (2,116 of 3,310 left); $30+ at 1 in 539 (3,179 of 4,983 left); $20+ at 1 in 101 (26,268 of 41,137 left); $10+ at 1 in 16.3 (169,024 of 263,217 left); $5+ at 1 in 12.1 (69,769 of 106,917 left); $4+ at 1 in 7.38 (172,193 of 263,216 left); $2+ at 1 in 4.57 (273,416 of 411,238 left).

The odds of winning at least your $2 back on one $20,000 Taxes Paid ticket are 1 in 4.57 (21.90%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 7.38 (13.55%).

$20,000 Taxes Paid 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.

$20,000 Taxes Paid, a $2 North Carolina scratch-off, was released on Sep 1, 2026 by the North Carolina Lottery.