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Average valueActivePrize Link Connect · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
Prize Link Connect: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.44 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#6 of 20 · $5 NC games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#6 of 20 · $5 NC games
Prize Link Connect is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.8%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 3 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 33% of the 6.4M printed tickets have been sold.
68.8%
expected return
1 in 4.29
odds of any win
3 of 4
$200K top prizes left
33%
claimed · 2.1M of 6.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 997,709 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 20,950 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.27 · 65.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.17 · 3.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
997,677 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
33% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
6.4M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 33%
4.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
67%
75% of top prizes remain with only 67% 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
#6 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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