How many $200,000 prizes are left in CASH?

2 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,413,013.

What are the odds of winning anything on CASH?

1 in 4.24 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.13 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.24, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.38.

Is CASH worth buying?

Its current payout is 68.8% ($3.44 back per $5 ticket), rank #47 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 CASH tickets are left?

We estimate 2,826,027 of roughly 4,790,279 printed tickets are unsold (41.0% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did CASH launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on August 4, 2026. It is still on sale.

CASH — $5 North Carolina Scratch-Off #53

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:09 UTC · launched August 4, 2026

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CASH (#53) is a $5 North Carolina scratch-off launched on August 4, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #47 of 62 active games on current payout (68.8%, $3.44 expected back per ticket) and #10 of 16 $5 games, #36 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.24) and #36 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,413,013). Since launch the payout has fallen 2.1 points (71.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 2.6% (1 in 4.13 at launch). 2 of 3 top prizes of $200,000 remain, and we estimate 2,826,027 tickets are still unsold (41.0% sold). That is below average for North Carolina; the North Carolina ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout

68.8%

71.0% at launch

Expected value

$3.44

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.24

1 in 4.13 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.24

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.38

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 76,379

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

2 of 3

$200,000 each

Tickets remaining

59.0%

≈ 2,826,027 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in CASH, 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, 666,572 of 1,160,488 prizes (57.4%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$200,000	1 in 1,596,860	1 in 1,413,013	3	1	2	66.7%
$5,000	1 in 319,372	1 in 282,603	15	5	10	66.7%
$1,000	1 in 122,835	1 in 113,041	39	14	25	64.1%
$500	1 in 14,650	1 in 16,242	327	153	174	53.2%
$200	1 in 10,863	1 in 11,126	441	187	254	57.6%
$100	1 in 598.7	1 in 631.5	8,002	3,527	4,475	55.9%
$50	1 in 59.9	1 in 63.0	80,001	35,161	44,840	56.0%
$30	1 in 96.0	1 in 100.5	49,892	21,760	28,132	56.4%
$20	1 in 33.3	1 in 34.7	143,741	62,411	81,330	56.6%
$10	1 in 9.68	1 in 9.96	495,111	211,339	283,772	57.3%
$5	1 in 12.5	1 in 12.6	382,916	159,358	223,558	58.4%
All prizes	1 in 4.13	1 in 4.24	1,160,488	493,916	666,572	57.4%

How CASH has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 23, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 25 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 26 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 27 remain.
October 7, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 28 remain.
October 2, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 29 remain.
September 23, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 10 remain.
September 19, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 11 remain.
September 19, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 30 remain.
September 9, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 12 remain.
September 9, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 31 remain.

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

CASH: common questions

How many $200,000 prizes are left in CASH?: 2 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,413,013.
What are the odds of winning anything on CASH?: 1 in 4.24 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.13 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.24, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.38.
Is CASH worth buying?: Its current payout is 68.8% ($3.44 back per $5 ticket), rank #47 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 CASH tickets are left?: We estimate 2,826,027 of roughly 4,790,279 printed tickets are unsold (41.0% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did CASH launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on August 4, 2026. It is still on sale.

Other $5 North Carolina scratch-offs

Double Your Money — 81.0% payout, 1 in 3.85 any prize
LOTERIA® Fiesta — 75.8% payout, 1 in 3.28 any prize
$5 MONOPOLY® — 70.3% payout, 1 in 4.15 any prize
Jungle Cashword — 70.1% payout, 1 in 3.63 any prize
Prize Link Connect — 69.9% payout, 1 in 4.18 any prize

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