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Decent valueActive50X The Cash · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
50X The Cash: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.54 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#7 of 14 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#7 of 14 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
50X The Cash is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.4%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 74.8%. 11 of the original 12 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 19% of the 20.5M printed tickets have been sold.
75.4%
expected return
1 in 3.79
odds of any win
11 of 12
$1M jackpots left
19%
claimed · 4M of 20.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,363,912 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $10
$20 – $300, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,610 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.54 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.80 · 68.0% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $25K
$0.07 · 0.7% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.66 · 6.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.8%
Just 11 tickets out of 16.6M 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
4,363,780 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
19% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
20.5M
tickets printed
4M
tickets claimed · 19%
16.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
92%
Tickets left
81%
92% of top prizes remain with only 81% 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
#7 of 14
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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