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Strong valueActive200X The Cash · $30 · North Carolina Lottery
200X The Cash: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.55 on average.
▲ +1.7 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $30 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▲ +1.7 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $30 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
200X The Cash is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.8%, up 1.7 percentage points from the launch value of 80.1%. 3 of the original 5 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 56% of the 14.8M printed tickets have been sold.
81.8%
expected return
1 in 2.93
odds of any win
3 of 5
$5M jackpots left
56%
claimed · 8.3M of 14.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,225,275 winning tickets still unclaimed.
24 win more than $30
$40 – $400, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
66 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 456 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$21.89 · 73.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.36 · 1.2% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$2.30 · 7.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.2%
Just 3 tickets out of 6.5M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
2,224,320 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
56% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2024.
14.8M
tickets printed
8.3M
tickets claimed · 56%
6.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
44%
60% of top prizes remain with only 44% 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 $30 NC peers
#6 of 9
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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