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Average valueActive$200,000 Taxes Paid · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
$200,000 Taxes Paid: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.46 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 14 · $5 NC games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 14 · $5 NC games
$200,000 Taxes Paid is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.2%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 3 of the original 3 $277,740 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 11% of the 5.1M printed tickets have been sold.
69.2%
expected return
1 in 4.30
odds of any win
3 of 3
$278K top prizes left
11%
claimed · 579k of 5.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,049,426 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 9,340 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.46 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.25 · 64.9% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $278K
$0.21 · 4.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,049,404 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
11% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
5.1M
tickets printed
579k
tickets claimed · 11%
4.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
89%
100% of top prizes remain with only 89% 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 $5 NC peers
#3 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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