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Weak valueActiveXtreme Cashword · $5 · North Carolina Lottery
Xtreme Cashword: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.08 on average.
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#17 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:36 PM
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#17 of 17 · $5 NC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:36 PM
Xtreme Cashword is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.6%, down 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.6%. 2 of the original 9 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 86% of the 10.4M printed tickets have been sold.
61.6%
expected return
1 in 3.92
odds of any win
2 of 9
$150K top prizes left
86%
claimed · 8.9M of 10.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 370,242 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $300, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 27,735 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.08 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.87 · 57.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.21 · 4.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
370,224 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
86% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
10.4M
tickets printed
8.9M
tickets claimed · 86%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
22%
Tickets left
14%
22% of top prizes remain with only 14% 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
#17 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:36 PM.
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