Jungle CashwordNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Jungle Cashword is a $5 ticket from the North Carolina Lottery. Our estimate for the $150,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 1,508,047 per ticket, from 1 in 1,231,615 at launch. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.79 are the best of the 23 $5 tickets North Carolina sells.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 1.5M now. The $150,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Prize quality is fair, with some of the bigger winners already claimed.
- The prize pool is about half spent, half still in circulation.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $150,000 | 1 in 1,231,296 | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 410,432 | 15 | 6 | 40% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 293,166 | 21 | 12 | 57% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 75,079 | 82 | 36 | 44% |
| $500 | 1 in 23,320 | 264 | 122 | 46% |
| $200 | 1 in 7,303 | 843 | 397 | 47% |
| $100 | 1 in 1,191 | 5,171 | 2,423 | 47% |
| $50 | 1 in 120 | 51,282 | 23,935 | 47% |
| $40 | 1 in 398 | 15,482 | 7,281 | 47% |
| $30 | 1 in 96 | 63,871 | 29,678 | 46% |
| $20 | 1 in 40 | 153,942 | 72,495 | 47% |
| $15 | 1 in 30 | 205,216 | 96,587 | 47% |
| $10 | 1 in 12 | 512,980 | 251,159 | 49% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 615,648 | 311,670 | 51% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on May 6, 3 $150,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on August 7.
- August 7, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- June 5, 20261 claimed · 3 left
- May 8, 20261 claimed · 4 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about twice 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
- 42
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 5/5/2026
- 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 (this game) | 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.