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$5 MONOPOLY® — $5 North Carolina Scratch-Off #22

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$5 MONOPOLY® (#22) is a $5 North Carolina scratch-off. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #37 of 62 active games on current payout (70.3%, $3.52 expected back per ticket) and #3 of 16 $5 games, #34 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.15) and #23 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,059,685). Since launch the payout has risen 1.3 points (69.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 2.9% (1 in 4.28 at launch). 2 of 5 top prizes of $200,000 remain, and we estimate 2,119,371 tickets are still unsold (65.7% sold). That is below average for North Carolina; the North Carolina ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout
70.3%
69.0% at launch
Expected value
$3.52
per $5 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 4.15
1 in 4.28 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 4.15
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 6.73
win more than $5
$600+ odds
1 in 81,514
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
2 of 5
$200,000 each
Tickets remaining
34.3%
≈ 2,119,371 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $5 MONOPOLY®, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other North Carolina game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 510,088 of 1,444,011 prizes (35.3%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$200,000 1 in 1,234,800 1 in 1,059,685 5 3 2 40.0%
$5,000 1 in 617,400 1 in 706,457 10 7 3 30.0%
$1,000 1 in 98,000 1 in 100,922 63 42 21 33.3%
$500 1 in 14,596 1 in 14,925 423 281 142 33.6%
$200 1 in 8,469 1 in 8,905 729 491 238 32.6%
$100 1 in 398.3 1 in 410.2 15,501 10,334 5,167 33.3%
$50 1 in 68.9 1 in 67.3 89,572 58,061 31,511 35.2%
$25 1 in 37.5 1 in 38.0 164,648 108,850 55,798 33.9%
$15 1 in 50.0 1 in 50.1 123,493 81,224 42,269 34.2%
$10 1 in 12.0 1 in 11.8 514,466 334,615 179,851 35.0%
$5 1 in 11.5 1 in 10.9 535,101 340,015 195,086 36.5%
All prizes1 in 4.281 in 4.15 1,444,011933,923 510,08835.3%

How $5 MONOPOLY® has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $5 MONOPOLY®. 49 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

$5 MONOPOLY®: common questions

How many $200,000 prizes are left in $5 MONOPOLY®?
2 of 5 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,059,685.
What are the odds of winning anything on $5 MONOPOLY®?
1 in 4.15 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.28 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.15, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.73.
Is $5 MONOPOLY® worth buying?
Its current payout is 70.3% ($3.52 back per $5 ticket), rank #37 of 62 in North Carolina. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is LOTERIA® Fiesta (#2, $5) at 75.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $5 MONOPOLY® tickets are left?
We estimate 2,119,371 of roughly 6,175,066 printed tickets are unsold (65.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $5 MONOPOLY® launch and is it still on sale?
We first saw it on September 7, 2026. It is still on sale.

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