How many $150,000 prizes are left in Jungle Cashword?

2 of 5 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,414,645.

What are the odds of winning anything on Jungle Cashword?

1 in 3.63 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.79 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.63, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 5.97.

Is Jungle Cashword worth buying?

Its current payout is 70.1% ($3.51 back per $5 ticket), rank #40 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 Jungle Cashword tickets are left?

We estimate 2,829,290 of roughly 6,156,480 printed tickets are unsold (54.0% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Jungle Cashword launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on May 5, 2026. It is still on sale.

Jungle Cashword — $5 North Carolina Scratch-Off #42

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:09 UTC · launched May 5, 2026

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Jungle Cashword (#42) is a $5 North Carolina scratch-off launched on May 5, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #40 of 62 active games on current payout (70.1%, $3.51 expected back per ticket) and #4 of 16 $5 games, #17 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.63) and #37 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,414,645). Since launch the payout has risen 1.1 points (69.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 4.5% (1 in 3.79 at launch). 2 of 5 top prizes of $150,000 remain, and we estimate 2,829,290 tickets are still unsold (54.0% sold). That is below average for North Carolina; the North Carolina ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout

70.1%

69.0% at launch

Expected value

$3.51

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.63

1 in 3.79 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.63

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 5.97

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 52,394

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

2 of 5

$150,000 each

Tickets remaining

46.0%

≈ 2,829,290 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Jungle Cashword, 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, 780,116 of 1,624,822 prizes (48.0%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$150,000	1 in 1,231,296	1 in 1,414,645	5	3	2	40.0%
$5,000	1 in 410,432	1 in 471,548	15	9	6	40.0%
$2,000	1 in 293,166	1 in 235,774	21	9	12	57.1%
$1,000	1 in 75,079	1 in 83,214	82	48	34	41.5%
$500	1 in 23,320	1 in 23,383	264	143	121	45.8%
$200	1 in 7,303	1 in 7,255	843	453	390	46.3%
$100	1 in 1,191	1 in 1,193	5,171	2,800	2,371	45.9%
$50	1 in 120.1	1 in 120.9	51,282	27,888	23,394	45.6%
$40	1 in 397.7	1 in 398.0	15,482	8,373	7,109	45.9%
$30	1 in 96.4	1 in 97.5	63,871	34,847	29,024	45.4%
$20	1 in 40.0	1 in 39.9	153,942	82,980	70,962	46.1%
$15	1 in 30.0	1 in 29.9	205,216	110,651	94,565	46.1%
$10	1 in 12.0	1 in 11.5	512,980	266,745	246,235	48.0%
$5	1 in 10.0	1 in 9.25	615,648	309,757	305,891	49.7%
All prizes	1 in 3.79	1 in 3.63	1,624,822	844,706	780,116	48.0%

How Jungle Cashword has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 34 remain.
October 23, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 35 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 6 remain.
October 17, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 36 remain.
October 6, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 38 remain.
September 30, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 39 remain.
September 26, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 40 remain.
September 22, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 12 remain.
September 22, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 41 remain.
September 19, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 13 remain.
September 12, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 42 remain.
September 11, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 14 remain.

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

Jungle Cashword: common questions

How many $150,000 prizes are left in Jungle Cashword?: 2 of 5 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,414,645.
What are the odds of winning anything on Jungle Cashword?: 1 in 3.63 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.79 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.63, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 5.97.
Is Jungle Cashword worth buying?: Its current payout is 70.1% ($3.51 back per $5 ticket), rank #40 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 Jungle Cashword tickets are left?: We estimate 2,829,290 of roughly 6,156,480 printed tickets are unsold (54.0% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Jungle Cashword launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on May 5, 2026. It is still on sale.

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