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Decent valueActive50X The Cash · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
50X The Cash: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.50 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 15 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 15 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
50X The Cash is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.0%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 74.8%. 10 of the original 12 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 23% of the 20.5M printed tickets have been sold.
75.0%
expected return
1 in 3.79
odds of any win
10 of 12
$1M jackpots left
23%
claimed · 4.6M of 20.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,189,125 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 1,615 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.50 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+
$0.63 · 6.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.7%
Just 10 tickets out of 15.9M 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
4,189,001 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
23% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
20.5M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 23%
15.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
83%
Tickets left
77%
83% of top prizes remain with only 77% 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
#6 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM.
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