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Weak valueActive20X The Cash · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
20X The Cash: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.34 on average.
▼ -2.2 pts vs launch#13 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▼ -2.2 pts vs launch#13 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
20X The Cash is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.8%, down 2.2 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 3 of the original 8 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 11.6M printed tickets have been sold.
66.8%
expected return
1 in 4.33
odds of any win
3 of 8
$250K top prizes left
75%
claimed · 8.7M of 11.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 681,532 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 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 14,266 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.34 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.06 · 61.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.28 · 5.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
681,475 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
11.6M
tickets printed
8.7M
tickets claimed · 75%
3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
38%
Tickets left
25%
38% of top prizes remain with only 25% 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
#13 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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