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Average valueActive$400,000 Jackpot · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
$400,000 Jackpot: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.57 on average.
▲ +2.4 pts vs launch#1 of 20 · $5 NC games
▲ +2.4 pts vs launch#1 of 20 · $5 NC games
$400,000 Jackpot is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.4%, up 2.4 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 2 of the original 5 $400,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 86% of the 10.3M printed tickets have been sold.
71.4%
expected return
1 in 4.40
odds of any win
2 of 5
$400K top prizes left
86%
claimed · 8.8M of 10.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 334,326 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 12,550 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.00 · 60.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $400K
$0.57 · 11.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
334,311 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
86% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
10.3M
tickets printed
8.8M
tickets claimed · 86%
1.5M
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
14%
40% of top prizes remain with only 14% 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
#1 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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