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Decent valueActive5 Times Lucky · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
5 Times Lucky: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.73 on average.
▲ +5.8 pts vs launch#1 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:37 PM
▲ +5.8 pts vs launch#1 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:37 PM
5 Times Lucky is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.6%, up 5.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 2 of the original 5 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 89% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
74.6%
expected return
1 in 4.28
odds of any win
2 of 5
$200K top prizes left
89%
claimed · 5.4M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 151,167 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 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 14,902 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.73 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.09 · 61.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.64 · 12.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
151,159 winning tickets remain in this range: 83% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
89% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
6.1M
tickets printed
5.4M
tickets claimed · 89%
641k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
11%
40% of top prizes remain with only 11% 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
#1 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:37 PM.
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