NC · #977 · $1

5X The Cash

North Carolina· scanned 62d ago

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.56

USA percentile

9th

of 1,986 games

Top prizes left

0

$10,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-05-27

Forecast sellout

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

5X The Cash is a $1 scratch-off game from the North Carolina (game #977). As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $10 remain unclaimed, as published by the North Carolina. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.86. Our models put its expected value at 0.56 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.56 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.56 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.Ranks in the 9th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$10K
0/8
0%
$500
8/49
$100
186/1.4K
$40
376/3.0K
$30
613/4.7K
$20
2.8K/19.1K
$10
24.9K/152.5K
$5
51.8K/304.9K
$4
17.3K/114.3K
$2
137.7K/800.8K
$1
189.7K/953.4K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.16M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,986 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 · 9th
USA: 9th percentileNC: 6th 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

Price vs EV — NC field

94 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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