5 Times LuckyNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
5 Times Lucky costs $5 a ticket from the North Carolina Lottery. By our estimate the $200,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 469,054 per ticket, down from 1 in 1,217,681. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 8% of prizes remain. With a ValueScore of 26/100 (Below Avg), it is 21st of the 23 active $5 games in North Carolina.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 469K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $200,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Expected value lands near the pack at $0.69 per $1 spent.
- Win rate is typical, around 23% per ticket (1 in 4.28).
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 1 in 1,216,440 | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 608,220 | 10 | 0 | Claimed |
| $2,000 | 1 in 152,055 | 40 | 4 | 10% |
| $500 | 1 in 14,727 | 413 | 24 | 6% |
| $200 | 1 in 4,965 | 1,225 | 62 | 5% |
| $100 | 1 in 603 | 10,092 | 490 | 5% |
| $50 | 1 in 84 | 72,650 | 4,682 | 6% |
| $25 | 1 in 25 | 243,322 | 19,470 | 8% |
| $15 | 1 in 100 | 60,788 | 3,808 | 6% |
| $10 | 1 in 12 | 506,777 | 34,976 | 7% |
| $5 | 1 in 12 | 527,202 | 46,075 | 9% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, one $200,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on July 15.
- July 15, 20261 claimed · 1 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 $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
- 1
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 7/1/2025
- 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% |
| 5 Times Lucky (this game) | 26 | 1 in 4.28 | 69.0% | $200K · 1 | 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.