CASHNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
CASH is a $5 ticket from the North Carolina Lottery. On average it pays back about $0.71 per $1, $0.02 more than the median $5 game in North Carolina. At launch, about 1 in 84,084 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.6M at launch, about 1 in 1.4M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $200,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Odds of 1 in 4.13 put the win rate squarely in the normal range.
- A reasonable chunk of the top and mid-tier prizes are still available, though not the majority.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 1 in 1,596,860 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 319,372 | 15 | 10 | 67% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 122,835 | 39 | 28 | 72% |
| $500 | 1 in 14,650 | 327 | 179 | 55% |
| $200 | 1 in 10,863 | 441 | 263 | 60% |
| $100 | 1 in 599 | 8,002 | 4,600 | 57% |
| $50 | 1 in 60 | 80,001 | 46,024 | 58% |
| $30 | 1 in 96 | 49,892 | 28,864 | 58% |
| $20 | 1 in 33 | 143,741 | 83,419 | 58% |
| $10 | 1 in 10 | 495,111 | 290,735 | 59% |
| $5 | 1 in 13 | 382,916 | 228,910 | 60% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on August 5, one $200,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on September 3.
- September 3, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 2.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 3 times the average for North Carolina's $5 games (0.8% 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
- 53
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 8/4/2026
- Payout %
- 71.0%
- 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 (this game) | 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% |
| Mega Bucks | 41 | 1 in 4.50 | 68.9% | $200K · 2 | 1.5% |
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.