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Strong valueActive200X The Cash · $30 · North Carolina Lottery
200X The Cash: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.37 on average.
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $30 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $30 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM
200X The Cash is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.2%, up 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 80.5%. 2 of the original 3 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 43% of the 7.8M printed tickets have been sold.
81.2%
expected return
1 in 3.01
odds of any win
2 of 3
$5M jackpots left
43%
claimed · 3.3M of 7.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,478,028 winning tickets still unclaimed.
23 win more than $30
$40 – $400, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
67 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 516 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$21.84 · 72.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.28 · 0.9% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$2.25 · 7.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.7%
Just 2 tickets out of 4.5M 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
1,477,702 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
43% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
7.8M
tickets printed
3.3M
tickets claimed · 43%
4.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
57%
67% of top prizes remain with only 57% 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
#7 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM.
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