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First Tuesday games feature over $1 billion in prizes

February 3, 2026 Posted by NC Lottery at 8:18 AM
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For the first time ever, First Tuesday debuts a family of games that offer over $1 billion in total prizes. The always popular Multiply The Cash games will have you falling head over heels in love this Valentine’s Day.

The highlight of this family of games is 500X The Cash. This new $50 ticket includes a $10 million top prize! That matches the largest top prize we have ever offered on a scratch-off. In addition to five $10 million top prizes, the 500X The Cash game also features the best odds to win $500 on any ticket. You can play for over $600 million in total prizes in this game alone!

This family of games, including 200X The Cash which debuted in December, also comes with a new 2026 Multiply The Cash Second Chance promotion. The promotion will include four separate drawings. The first three drawings will award one $50,000 winner and 100 winners of $500. The fourth drawing will feature a $1 million top prize and 10 winners of $10,000.

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

 

Price

Game

 Top prize

# of top prizes

Overall odds

$50

500X The Cash

$10 million

5

1 in 3.33

$10

50X The Cash

$1 million

12

1 in 3.79

$5

20X The Cash

$250,000

15

1 in 4.37

$2

10X The Cash

$50,000

12

1 in 4.67

$1

5X The Cash

$10,000

16

1 in 4.82

 

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

What’s not to love about these games? Good luck to all of our players!


2 COMMENTS

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2/04/2026 08:07 - Steven B.

whose thinking is backwards?instead of putting 600 million dollars in prizes to the elites who can afford $50 tickets,why not reward the all the little guys,you would buy more loyalty and less negative comments

2/03/2026 08:29 - Rudolph P.

Good morning, I noticed that I'm not getting 2X the points when I scan the new $50 tickets. Please fix.NC Lottery
Sorry about that, Rudolph! If you're still not seeing the expected number of points, please reach out to our Online Support team at https://nclottery.com/Help and our team can look into this further for you.

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