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Strong valueActive500X The Cash · $50 · North Carolina Lottery
500X The Cash: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $41.44 on average.
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#1 of 2 · $50 NC games
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#1 of 2 · $50 NC games
500X The Cash is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 82.9%, up 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 82.4%. 4 of the original 5 $10,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 27% of the 16.3M printed tickets have been sold.
82.9%
expected return
1 in 3.33
odds of any win
4 of 5
$10M jackpots left
27%
claimed · 4.4M of 16.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,567,612 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $50
$100 or $200 or $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 48 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $41.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$37.58 · 75.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $250K
$0.49 · 1.0% of price
Jackpots $10M+
$3.37 · 6.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
76.1%
Just 4 tickets out of 11.9M carry the $10M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
3,566,650 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
27% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
16.3M
tickets printed
4.4M
tickets claimed · 27%
11.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
73%
80% of top prizes remain with only 73% 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 $50 NC peers
#1 of 2
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
500X The Cash
82.9%
2
$8 Million Money Maker
81.3%
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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