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Average valueActiveCashword King · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
Cashword King: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.27 on average.
▼ -3.1 pts vs launch#9 of 15 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM
▼ -3.1 pts vs launch#9 of 15 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM
Cashword King is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.7%, down 3.1 percentage points from the launch value of 75.8%. 1 of the original 5 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 82% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
72.7%
expected return
1 in 3.57
odds of any win
1 of 5
$1M jackpots left
82%
claimed · 4.9M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 313,101 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 6,022 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.33 · 63.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.05 · 0.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.89 · 8.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
63.8%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.1M 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
313,074 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
82% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
6M
tickets printed
4.9M
tickets claimed · 82%
1.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
18%
20% of top prizes remain with only 18% 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
#9 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM.
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