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‘Tis the season for new scratch-offs on First Tuesday

November 3, 2026 Posted by NC Lottery at 10:38 AM
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The holiday season has arrived with First Tuesday bringing festive gifts to help you celebrate.

A new holiday family of games dropped down the chimney featuring an exciting new $20 game, Holiday Gold Surprise. This ticket offers over $25 million in prizes and three top prizes of $250,000. You can also have fun with a surprise bonus game on the back. You’ll be sure to love the chance to win up to $100 instantly or up to 20 times the prize as well.

The six new holiday scratch-offs also come with the gift of the Holiday Gold Second Chance promotion. It features two drawings with a $250,000 top prize in each one! Prizes of $50,000, $5,000 and $1,000 will also be rewarded. Just enter your 2026 Holiday Gold scratch-offs into Lucke-Rewards for a chance to win big. Get your entries in by Dec. 6 for the first drawing on Dec. 9.

Check out what else the other five new games have to offer this month. You get:

  • $1 Holiday Gold: Offers four different colored versions of the game.
  • $2 Holiday Gold: Provides a chance to win two times the prize.
  • Holiday Gold Tree: Features a scented ticket that the whole family will love.
  • Holiday Gold Gift: Includes a chance to win five times the prize.
  • Holiday Gold Blowout: Loaded exclusively with $50, $100, and $500 prizes.

We’ve got the odds and prize info for you here:

 

Price

Game

 Top prize

# of top prizes

Overall odds

$20

Holiday Gold Surprise

$250,000

3

1 in 3.10

$10

Holiday Gold Blowout

$500

4480

1 in 9.95

$5

Holiday Gold Gift

$150,000

3

1 in 4.09

$3

Holiday Gold Tree

$75,000

3

1 in 4.10

$2

$2 Holiday Gold

$20,000

4

1 in 4.14

$1

$1 Holiday Gold

$2,500

3

1 in 4.87

 

Watch this cool video to learn more about these six new games:

Unwrap your big wins beginning this First Tuesday. Good luck to all of our players!


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