Bits & Odds

Stacks of Cash — $20 North Carolina Scratch-Off #27

Data captured September 12, 2026

Stacks of Cash (#27) is a $20 North Carolina scratch-off. As of September 12, 2026 it ranks #11 of 58 active games on current payout (77.8%, $15.56 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 11 $20 games, #11 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.44) and #23 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,105,489). Since launch the payout has risen 0.2 points (77.6% at launch) and the any-prize odds have worsened 2.6% (1 in 3.35 at launch). 2 of 3 top prizes of $2,000,000 remain, and we estimate 2,210,977 tickets are still unsold (49.9% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout
77.8%
77.6% at launch
Expected value
$15.56
per $20 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.44
1 in 3.35 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.44
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 5.42
win more than $20
$600+ odds
1 in 25,414
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
2 of 3
$2,000,000 each
Tickets remaining
50.1%
≈ 2,210,977 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Stacks of Cash, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 642,956 of 1,317,559 prizes (48.8%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$2,000,000 1 in 1,471,920 1 in 1,105,489 3 1 2 66.7%
$100,000 1 in 735,960 1 in 736,992 6 3 3 50.0%
$10,000 1 in 367,980 1 in 442,195 12 7 5 41.7%
$5,000 1 in 58,877 1 in 59,756 75 38 37 49.3%
$2,000 1 in 58,877 1 in 55,274 75 35 40 53.3%
$500 1 in 2,980 1 in 3,114 1,482 772 710 47.9%
$200 1 in 119.9 1 in 124.1 36,839 19,016 17,823 48.4%
$100 1 in 20.8 1 in 21.6 211,842 109,355 102,487 48.4%
$50 1 in 24.0 1 in 24.7 183,834 94,355 89,479 48.7%
$40 1 in 40.0 1 in 41.2 110,455 56,787 53,668 48.6%
$30 1 in 15.0 1 in 15.4 294,481 150,902 143,579 48.8%
$20 1 in 9.23 1 in 9.40 478,455 243,332 235,123 49.1%
All prizes1 in 3.351 in 3.44 1,317,559674,603 642,95648.8%

How Stacks of Cash has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Stacks of Cash. 6 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

Stacks of Cash: common questions

How many $2,000,000 prizes are left in Stacks of Cash?
2 of 3 as of September 12, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,105,489.
What are the odds of winning anything on Stacks of Cash?
1 in 3.44 today, compared with 1 in 3.35 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.44, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.42.
Is Stacks of Cash worth buying?
Its current payout is 77.8% ($15.56 back per $20 ticket), rank #11 of 58 in North Carolina. The best $20 alternative today is $2 MILLION VAULT (#992, $20) at 77.3%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Stacks of Cash tickets are left?
We estimate 2,210,977 of roughly 4,416,140 printed tickets are unsold (49.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Stacks of Cash launch and is it still on sale?
We first saw it on September 7, 2026. It is still on sale.

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