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Poor valueActive$50 Frenzy · $1 · North Carolina Lottery
$50 Frenzy: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.54 on average.
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $1 NC games
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $1 NC games
$50 Frenzy is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 54.0%, down 6.0 percentage points from the launch value of 60.0%. 2 of the original 6 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 79% of the 9.3M printed tickets have been sold.
54.0%
expected return
1 in 4.90
odds of any win
2 of 6
$5K top prizes left
79%
claimed · 7.3M of 9.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 392,897 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 960,518 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.54 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.53 · 53.5% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.01 · 0.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
392,895 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
79% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
9.3M
tickets printed
7.3M
tickets claimed · 79%
1.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
21%
33% of top prizes remain with only 21% 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 $1 NC peers
#5 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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