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Weak valueActiveHit $50! · $1 · North Carolina Lottery
Hit $50!: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.60 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $1 NC games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $1 NC games
Hit $50! is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 60.0%. 4 of the original 5 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 13% of the 8.6M printed tickets have been sold.
60.0%
expected return
1 in 4.92
odds of any win
4 of 5
$5K top prizes left
13%
claimed · 1.1M of 8.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,533,707 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,885,084 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.60 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.60 · 59.7% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.00 · 0.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
1,533,703 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
13% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
8.6M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 13%
7.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
87%
80% of top prizes remain with 87% 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
#3 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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