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Average valueActiveCash King · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
Cash King: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.43 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#7 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#7 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
Cash King is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.6%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 2 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 67% of the 5.4M printed tickets have been sold.
68.6%
expected return
1 in 4.32
odds of any win
2 of 4
$200K top prizes left
67%
claimed · 3.6M of 5.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 407,899 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 10,586 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.43 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.18 · 63.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.25 · 4.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
407,881 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
67% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
5.4M
tickets printed
3.6M
tickets claimed · 67%
1.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
33%
50% of top prizes remain with only 33% 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
#7 of 17
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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