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Weak valueActiveCash Drop · $2 · North Carolina Lottery
Cash Drop: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.31 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $2 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $2 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
Cash Drop is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.5%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 66.0%. 4 of the original 4 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 49% of the 6.9M printed tickets have been sold.
65.5%
expected return
1 in 4.63
odds of any win
4 of 4
$20K top prizes left
49%
claimed · 3.3M of 6.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 764,448 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 58,897 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.31 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.28 · 64.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $20K
$0.03 · 1.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
764,431 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
49% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
6.9M
tickets printed
3.3M
tickets claimed · 49%
3.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
51%
100% of top prizes remain with only 51% 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 $2 NC peers
#3 of 8
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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