$5,000 Triple PlayNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The North Carolina Lottery sells $5,000 Triple Play as a $1 ticket. By our estimate the $5,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 490,807 per ticket, down from 1 in 1,395,386. No $1 ticket in North Carolina has better overall odds: 1 in 4.79, against 4 others at that price. At a ValueScore of 12/100 (Poor), it is 5th of the 5 active $1 games in North Carolina.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.4M at launch, about 1 in 491K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $5,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Prizes hit less often here, roughly 21% per ticket (1 in 4.79).
- Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | 1 in 1,396,500 | 6 | 3 | 50% |
| $500 | 1 in 418,950 | 20 | 4 | 20% |
| $100 | 1 in 9,928 | 844 | 101 | 12% |
| $50 | 1 in 4,038 | 2,075 | 237 | 11% |
| $30 | 1 in 3,971 | 2,110 | 260 | 12% |
| $20 | 1 in 749 | 11,183 | 2,044 | 18% |
| $10 | 1 in 60 | 139,616 | 18,807 | 13% |
| $5 | 1 in 50 | 167,614 | 28,475 | 17% |
| $4 | 1 in 100 | 83,784 | 15,238 | 18% |
| $2 | 1 in 13 | 642,382 | 127,631 | 20% |
| $1 | 1 in 12 | 698,240 | 114,595 | 16% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, one $5,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 3. The most recent was on June 12.
- June 12, 20261 claimed · 3 left
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 $1 games (1% 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
- 993
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 6/3/2025
- Payout %
- 60.5%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $1 ticket in North Carolina
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5X The Cash | 32 | 1 in 4.82 | 60.8% | $10K · 8 | 0.6% |
| Hit $50! | 30 | 1 in 4.92 | 60.4% | $5K · 3 | 2.4% |
| Lucky 7s | 27 | 1 in 4.85 | 60.8% | $7K · 5 | 1.2% |
| $50 Frenzy | 13 | 1 in 4.90 | 60.5% | $5K · 2 | 0.0% |
| $5,000 Triple Play (this game) | 12 | 1 in 4.79 | 60.5% | $5K · 3 | 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.