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Decent valueActive$100,000 Cash Payday · $30 · North Carolina Lottery
$100,000 Cash Payday: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.34 on average.
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#10 of 10 · $30 NC games
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#10 of 10 · $30 NC games
$100,000 Cash Payday is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.8%, down 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 77.9%. 56 of the original 80 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 30% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
77.8%
expected return
1 in 3.49
odds of any win
56 of 80
$100K top prizes left
30%
claimed · 1.8M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,232,606 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $30
$50 – $300, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 563 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $23.34 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$21.91 · 73.0% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $100K
$1.43 · 4.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
1,232,432 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
30% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
6.1M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 30%
4.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
70%
Tickets left
70%
70% of top prizes remain with 70% 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 $30 NC peers
#10 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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