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Average valueActive$5 MONOPOLY® · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
$5 MONOPOLY®: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.40 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#9 of 20 · $5 NC games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#9 of 20 · $5 NC games
$5 MONOPOLY® is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.0%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 2 of the original 5 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 61% of the 6.2M printed tickets have been sold.
68.0%
expected return
1 in 4.28
odds of any win
2 of 5
$200K top prizes left
61%
claimed · 3.8M of 6.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 557,955 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
9 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 13,086 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.22 · 64.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.18 · 3.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
557,925 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
61% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
6.2M
tickets printed
3.8M
tickets claimed · 61%
2.4M
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
39%
40% of top prizes remain with only 39% 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
#9 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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