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Average valueActivePrize Link Connect · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
Prize Link Connect: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.47 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#3 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#3 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
Prize Link Connect is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.4%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 4 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 25% of the 6.4M printed tickets have been sold.
69.4%
expected return
1 in 4.29
odds of any win
4 of 4
$200K top prizes left
25%
claimed · 1.6M of 6.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,122,064 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, 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 20,993 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.47 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.27 · 65.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.20 · 4.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,122,026 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
25% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
6.4M
tickets printed
1.6M
tickets claimed · 25%
4.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
75%
100% of top prizes remain with only 75% 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
#3 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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