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Exceptional valueActive100X The Cash · $20 · North Carolina Lottery
100X The Cash: Exceptional value. A $20 ticket pays back $19.28 on average.
▲ +18.9 pts vs launch#1 of 11 · $20 NC games
▲ +18.9 pts vs launch#1 of 11 · $20 NC games
100X The Cash is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 96.4%, up 18.9 percentage points from the launch value of 77.5%. 1 of the original 4 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 95% of the 6.2M printed tickets have been sold.
96.4%
expected return
1 in 3.31
odds of any win
1 of 4
$2M jackpots left
95%
claimed · 5.8M of 6.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 96,597 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $20
$30 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,234 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $19.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.79 · 64.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.23 · 1.2% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$6.25 · 31.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
65.1%
Just 1 ticket out of 315k carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
96,573 winning tickets remain in this range: 66% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
95% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2025.
6.2M
tickets printed
5.8M
tickets claimed · 95%
315k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
5%
25% of top prizes remain with only 5% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
North Carolina Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 NC peers
#1 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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