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Average valueActive$400,000 Jackpot · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
$400,000 Jackpot: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.54 on average.
▲ +1.8 pts vs launch#2 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▲ +1.8 pts vs launch#2 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
$400,000 Jackpot is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.8%, up 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 2 of the original 5 $400,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 84% of the 10.3M printed tickets have been sold.
70.8%
expected return
1 in 4.40
odds of any win
2 of 5
$400K top prizes left
84%
claimed · 8.7M of 10.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 368,505 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $200, 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 12,452 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.54 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.02 · 60.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $400K
$0.52 · 10.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
368,489 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
84% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2024.
10.3M
tickets printed
8.7M
tickets claimed · 84%
1.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
16%
40% of top prizes remain with only 16% 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
#2 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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