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Average valueActiveJungle Cashword · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
Jungle Cashword: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.40 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#9 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#9 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
Jungle Cashword is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 3 of the original 5 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 18% of the 6.2M printed tickets have been sold.
68.0%
expected return
1 in 3.79
odds of any win
3 of 5
$150K top prizes left
18%
claimed · 1.1M of 6.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,331,578 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 15,668 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.28 · 65.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.12 · 2.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,331,479 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
18% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
6.2M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 18%
5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
82%
60% of top prizes remain with 82% 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
#9 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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