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Weak valueActive5X The Cash · $1 · North Carolina Lottery
5X The Cash: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.60 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $1 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $1 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
5X The Cash is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 11 of the original 16 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 25% of the 23.6M printed tickets have been sold.
60.0%
expected return
1 in 4.82
odds of any win
11 of 16
$10K top prizes left
25%
claimed · 5.9M of 23.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,663,022 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 196,258 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.60 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.59 · 59.4% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.01 · 0.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
3,663,011 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
25% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
23.6M
tickets printed
5.9M
tickets claimed · 25%
17.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
69%
Tickets left
75%
69% of top prizes remain with 75% 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 $1 NC peers
#1 of 4
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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