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Poor valueActive$50 Frenzy · $1 · North Carolina Lottery
$50 Frenzy: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.55 on average.
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $1 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $1 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
$50 Frenzy is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 55.0%, down 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 60.0%. 3 of the original 6 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 9.3M printed tickets have been sold.
55.0%
expected return
1 in 4.90
odds of any win
3 of 6
$5K top prizes left
75%
claimed · 6.9M of 9.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 475,421 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 775,134 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.54 · 54.4% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.01 · 0.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
475,418 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% 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, Aug 2025.
9.3M
tickets printed
6.9M
tickets claimed · 75%
2.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
25%
50% 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 $1 NC peers
#4 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM.
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