8 of 16
top prizes of $10,000 still out there
Ticket price$1
Top prize$10,000
Launch odds1 in 4.82
Prizes remaining (all tiers)3,102,353
Est. tickets left
≈64%
5X The Cash is a $1 scratch-off from the North Carolina Lottery (game #28) with a top prize of $10,000 and overall odds of 1 in 4.82 at launch. 8 of 16 top prizes are gone, 8 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 64% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 3,102,353 prizes are still out there (it started with 4,885,531).
The most common win left on "5X The Cash" is $1. The second biggest prize left is $500, and 64 of those are still unclaimed. The prize table is what defines a scratcher, and this page counts every level of it.
Everything above about "5X The Cash" comes from the North Carolina Lottery's own published numbers. We only do the counting.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | 8 | 16 |
| $500 | 64 | 101 |
| $100 | 988 | 1,658 |
| $50 | 2,089 | 3,413 |
| $25 | 7,520 | 12,230 |
| $20 | 48,332 | 78,519 |
| $10 | 145,687 | 235,557 |
| $5 | 391,499 | 628,215 |
| $4 | 147,886 | 235,557 |
| $2 | 1,123,176 | 1,766,522 |
| $1 | 1,235,104 | 1,923,743 |
Prize counts come straight from official North Carolina lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Oct 18, 2026.
8 of the 16 top prizes of $10,000 are still unclaimed, according to official North Carolina lottery data from Oct 18, 2026.
5X The Cash is a $1 scratch-off. It is game #28 from the North Carolina Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.82, counting every prize tier. Odds shift as tickets sell and prizes get claimed — that's exactly what the prize table on this page tracks.
Prize counts come straight from official North Carolina lottery data, last refreshed on Oct 18, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
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