USA Today Network Mike Hanson, WCNC-TV, Charlotte, N.C. 10:26 a.m. EDT September 3, 2015

North Carolina's first ever scented lottery ticket, 'BBQ Bucks' was unveiled in uptown Tuesday at a kick-of style event at Queen City Q.(Photo: NC Lottery)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It was only a matter of time.

North Carolina's first ever scented lottery ticket, 'BBQ Bucks' was unveiled on Tuesday, just in time for football season. While other states have introduced bacon-scented games, for the Tarheel State, only one cuisine would do.

"Well the technology is sort of new. It allows us to put a scent on the ticket. We made it a smoky barbecue smell… It will linger there for six, to eight seconds after you scratch the ticket," Van Denton, pubic communications director for the NC Education Lottery told WCNC-TV.

For $2, anyone can play. The top prize is $25,000. All tickets can be entered into a second-chance drawings as part of a 1000 pound pork giveaway.

Of course when you're talking BBQ in North Carolina there's always a discussion of East, or West? Fans 18 years and older can weigh in on the Lottery's Facebook page and Twitter using the hashtags #bbqbucks, and either #east, or #west. Weekly drawing will be held to award 10 $50 gift cards and a BBQ T-shirt for lucky winners.

So far, the scratch and sniff has been getting rave reviews.

"I wanted to eat the ticket!" Maurice Nance said. "It makes me hungry."

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