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Average valueActive5 Times Lucky · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
5 Times Lucky: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.49 on average.
▲ +1.0 pts vs launch#3 of 20 · $5 NC games
▲ +1.0 pts vs launch#3 of 20 · $5 NC games
5 Times Lucky is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.8%, up 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 1 of the original 5 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
69.8%
expected return
1 in 4.28
odds of any win
1 of 5
$200K top prizes left
92%
claimed · 5.6M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 110,961 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 16,162 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.49 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.05 · 61.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.44 · 8.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
110,956 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
6.1M
tickets printed
5.6M
tickets claimed · 92%
469k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
8%
20% of top prizes remain with only 8% 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
#3 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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