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Average valueActiveCASH · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
CASH: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.51 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#2 of 21 · $5 NC games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#2 of 21 · $5 NC games
CASH is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.2%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 71.0%. 2 of the original 3 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 25% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
70.2%
expected return
1 in 4.13
odds of any win
2 of 3
$200K top prizes left
25%
claimed · 1.2M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 865,345 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 12,665 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.51 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.37 · 67.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.14 · 2.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
865,298 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
25% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
4.8M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 25%
3.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
75%
67% 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 $5 NC peers
#2 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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