$400,000 JackpotNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The North Carolina Lottery sells $400,000 Jackpot as a $5 ticket. By our estimate the $400,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 733,366 per ticket, down from 1 in 2,056,848. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 14% of prizes remain. At a ValueScore of 28/100 (Below Avg), it is 19th of the 23 active $5 games in North Carolina. It has been on sale since April 2024.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 2.1M at launch, about 1 in 733K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $400,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Expected value of $0.69 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
- Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $400,000 | 1 in 2,058,816 | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 1,029,408 | 10 | 2 | 20% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 128,676 | 80 | 11 | 14% |
| $500 | 1 in 11,805 | 872 | 103 | 12% |
| $200 | 1 in 6,020 | 1,710 | 199 | 12% |
| $100 | 1 in 200 | 51,530 | 6,385 | 12% |
| $50 | 1 in 80 | 128,676 | 16,178 | 13% |
| $30 | 1 in 195 | 52,720 | 6,812 | 13% |
| $20 | 1 in 48 | 214,413 | 27,872 | 13% |
| $15 | 1 in 60 | 171,568 | 23,410 | 14% |
| $10 | 1 in 13 | 772,150 | 105,097 | 14% |
| $5 | 1 in 11 | 943,593 | 147,277 | 16% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 2 $400,000 top prizes left on March 6, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for North Carolina's $5 games (0.9% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- North Carolina
- Game Number
- 928
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 4/2/2024
- Payout %
- 69.0%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $5 ticket in North Carolina
All 23 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC State® | 62 | 1 in 4.16 | 68.9% | $200K · 2 | 8.6% |
| Tar Heels® | 61 | 1 in 4.16 | 69.0% | $200K · 2 | 10.1% |
| 20X The Cash | 58 | 1 in 4.37 | 68.9% | $250K · 12 | 0.4% |
| CASH | 56 | 1 in 4.13 | 71.0% | $200K · 2 | 2.1% |
| Loteria Grande | 54 | 1 in 3.86 | 68.9% | $150K · 4 | 1.7% |
| Wheel of Fortune | 47 | 1 in 4.31 | 68.9% | $200K · 4 | 1.4% |
| $200,000 Taxes Paid | 47 | 1 in 4.30 | 69.0% | $278K · 2 | 4.0% |
| Jungle Cashword | 47 | 1 in 3.79 | 69.0% | $150K · 2 | 1.6% |
| Prize Link Connect | 45 | 1 in 4.29 | 68.9% | $200K · 2 | 0.5% |
| $400,000 Jackpot (this game) | 28 | 1 in 4.40 | 69.0% | $400K · 2 | 0.0% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.