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Weak valueActiveHigh Voltage Cash · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
High Voltage Cash: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.34 on average.
▼ -2.2 pts vs launch#15 of 20 · $5 NC games
▼ -2.2 pts vs launch#15 of 20 · $5 NC games
High Voltage Cash is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.8%, down 2.2 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 1 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
66.8%
expected return
1 in 4.24
odds of any win
1 of 4
$200K top prizes left
70%
claimed · 4.2M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 420,631 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
9 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 16,786 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.34 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.21 · 64.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.13 · 2.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
420,619 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
6M
tickets printed
4.2M
tickets claimed · 70%
1.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
30%
25% of top prizes remain with 30% 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
#15 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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