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Weak valueActive$500 Frenzy · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
$500 Frenzy: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.38 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#10 of 20 · $5 NC games
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#10 of 20 · $5 NC games
$500 Frenzy is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.6%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 7,207 of the original 16,465 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 55% of the 9.9M printed tickets have been sold.
67.6%
expected return
1 in 4.37
odds of any win
7,207 of 16,465
$500 top prizes left
55%
claimed · 5.4M of 9.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,027,230 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, 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 624 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.38 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.38 · 67.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,027,230 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
55% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
9.9M
tickets printed
5.4M
tickets claimed · 55%
4.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
44%
Tickets left
45%
44% of top prizes remain with 45% 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
#10 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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