NC · #33 · $5

$500 Frenzy

North Carolina· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.68

USA percentile

54th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

7983

$500 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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$500 Frenzy is a $5 scratch-off game from the North Carolina (game #33). As of the most recent daily scan, 7983 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, as published by the North Carolina. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.37. Our models put its expected value at 0.68 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.68 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.68 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.48% of $500 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 54th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

6 tiers · % remaining
$500
8.0K/16.5K
48%
$100
1.6K/3.3K
$50
47.9K/98.9K
$20
161.1K/329.7K
$10
492.1K/988.4K
$5
420.8K/824.4K

Total unclaimed prize value: $16.79M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active NC games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
NC median0.70 EV/$
YOU · 54th
USA: 54th percentileNC: 41th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +14%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — NC field

98 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.300.601.04break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

No other active NC games currently clear break-even.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.

States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.

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