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Average valueActive50X The Cash · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
50X The Cash: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.17 on average.
▼ -3.1 pts vs launch#12 of 14 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▼ -3.1 pts vs launch#12 of 14 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
50X The Cash is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.7%, down 3.1 percentage points from the launch value of 74.8%. 1 of the original 6 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 89% of the 9.9M printed tickets have been sold.
71.7%
expected return
1 in 3.75
odds of any win
1 of 6
$1M jackpots left
89%
claimed · 8.8M of 9.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 284,858 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,726 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.17 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.04 · 60.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.20 · 2.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.94 · 9.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
62.3%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.1M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
284,809 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
89% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
9.9M
tickets printed
8.8M
tickets claimed · 89%
1.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
17%
Tickets left
11%
17% of top prizes remain with only 11% 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 $10 NC peers
#12 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM.
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