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Average valueActiveDiamonds and Dollars · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
Diamonds and Dollars: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.44 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
Diamonds and Dollars is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.8%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 3 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 36% of the 5.1M printed tickets have been sold.
68.8%
expected return
1 in 4.37
odds of any win
3 of 4
$200K top prizes left
36%
claimed · 1.8M of 5.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 747,730 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $400, an actual profit
8 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 85,856 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $400
$3.24 · 64.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.20 · 4.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $400 wins
747,692 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
36% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
5.1M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 36%
3.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
64%
75% of top prizes remain with only 64% 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
#6 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM.
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