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Strong valueActive500X The Cash · $50 · North Carolina Lottery
500X The Cash: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $42.16 on average.
▲ +2.0 pts vs launch#1 of 3 · $50 NC games
▲ +2.0 pts vs launch#1 of 3 · $50 NC games
500X The Cash is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 84.3%, up 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 82.4%. 5 of the original 5 $10,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 25% of the 16.3M printed tickets have been sold.
84.3%
expected return
1 in 3.33
odds of any win
5 of 5
$10M jackpots left
25%
claimed · 4.1M of 16.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,672,411 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $50
$100 or $200 or $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 48 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $42.16 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$37.59 · 75.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $250K
$0.49 · 1.0% of price
Jackpots $10M+
$4.09 · 8.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
76.1%
Just 5 tickets out of 12.2M carry the $10M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
3,671,429 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% 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, Jan 2026.
16.3M
tickets printed
4.1M
tickets claimed · 25%
12.2M
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 $50 NC peers
#1 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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