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Weak valueActive$200,000 Triple Play · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
$200,000 Triple Play: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.30 on average.
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#15 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#15 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
$200,000 Triple Play is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.0%, down 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 2 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 69% of the 6.8M printed tickets have been sold.
66.0%
expected return
1 in 4.32
odds of any win
2 of 4
$200K top prizes left
69%
claimed · 4.6M of 6.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 489,624 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 10,295 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.30 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.09 · 61.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.21 · 4.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
489,580 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
69% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2025.
6.8M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 69%
2.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
31%
50% of top prizes remain with only 31% 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
#15 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM.
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