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Average valueActive$500 Frenzy · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
$500 Frenzy: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.41 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#8 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#8 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
$500 Frenzy is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.2%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 9,735 of the original 16,465 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 40% of the 9.9M printed tickets have been sold.
68.2%
expected return
1 in 4.37
odds of any win
9,735 of 16,465
$500 top prizes left
40%
claimed · 3.9M of 9.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,364,024 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 613 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.41 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.41 · 68.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,364,024 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
40% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
9.9M
tickets printed
3.9M
tickets claimed · 40%
6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
59%
Tickets left
60%
59% of top prizes remain with 60% 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
#8 of 17
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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