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Ranked 56th of 83 Tickets in North Carolina

High Voltage CashNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

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37
VALUESCORE
Below Avg
$5North CarolinaGame #13GREEN
At a glance

High Voltage Cash is a $5 ticket from the North Carolina Lottery. Our estimate for the $200,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 1,776,840 per ticket, from 1 in 1,507,196 at launch. At launch, about 1 in 140,204 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.24
Exp. Value
$0.69
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$200,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
29%
ValueScore™
37 / 100
Below Avg

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.69
↓
BELOW AVERAGE
The numbers work against it: #56 of the 83 active games we track in North Carolina.
Why
↓Most of this game's prizes are gone.
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.5M at launch, about 1 in 1.8M now. The $200,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
  • $0.69 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$200,000
1 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 1.5M
now ~1 in 1.8M
$5,000
3 of 10 left
launch odds 1 in 603K
now ~1 in 592K
$2,000
8 of 29 left
launch odds 1 in 208K
now ~1 in 222K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$200,0001 in 1,506,16541
25%
$5,0001 in 602,466103
30%
$2,0001 in 207,747298
28%
$5001 in 19,43431093
30%
$2001 in 9,925607172
28%
$1001 in 59510,1302,786
28%
$501 in 7580,38222,327
28%
$251 in 27225,93563,738
28%
$151 in 60100,41328,457
28%
$101 in 13476,942140,349
29%
$51 in 11527,121161,132
31%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$20,776,095
Current Prize Pool
$5,936,305
Payout Percentage
28.6%
Total Prizes Remaining
419,066

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
6,028,784
Estimated Remaining
1,776,840
% Remaining
29.5%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

Since March 6, when our records for it began, 2 $200,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on May 29.

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3
2
1
March 6October 19
  • May 29, 20261 claimed · 1 left
  • March 10, 20261 claimed · 2 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

37
VALUESCORE
Below Avg
37
out of 100
Expected Value
17/40
Prize Quality
7/25
Win Frequency
9/20
Inventory Health
4/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
13
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
10/7/2025
Payout %
69.0%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.24 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the High Voltage Cash scratch-off a good buy?
Probably not. High Voltage Cash scores 37/100 (Below Average) and is 12th out of 23 $5 tickets in North Carolina. It pays back about $0.69 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the High Voltage Cash scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with High Voltage Cash are 1 in 4.24. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for High Voltage Cash?
The top prize for High Voltage Cash is $200,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in High Voltage Cash?
Based on our latest data, 29% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 419,066 out of 1,421,883 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

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$200,000 Taxes Paid471 in 4.3069.0%$278K · 24.0%
Jungle Cashword471 in 3.7969.0%$150K · 21.6%
Prize Link Connect451 in 4.2968.9%$200K · 20.5%
High Voltage Cash (this game)371 in 4.2469.0%$200K · 10.0%

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.