🏆 $200K top prize claimed on North Carolina's Prize Link Connect scratch-off
2 of 4 top prizes remain on the $5 game, according to the lottery's published data.
· North Carolina
The North Carolina lottery's own prizes-remaining data shows a top prize of $200K claimed on Prize Link Connect, a $5 scratch-off. 2 of the 4 printed now remain.
The change appeared in the published data on October 8, 2026. Lotteries publish with a lag, so the prize itself may have been claimed a day or more earlier. The figures do not say who claimed it or where, and neither do we.
Overall odds on Prize Link Connect are 1 in 4.29. They were fixed at printing and describe the whole run, including every prize already claimed.
Prize Link Connect today
| Prize | Printed | Left now |
|---|---|---|
| $200K | 4 | 2 |
| $10K | 8 | 5 |
| $5K | 16 | 9 |
| $2K | 20 | 12 |
| $500 | 265 | 161 |
| $200 | 798 | 483 |
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