North Carolina’s popular daily draw game, Carolina Cash 5, is getting a makeover that will let people play for bigger and faster growing jackpots.

Starting Sunday, the Cash 5 starting jackpot doubles from $50,000 to $100,000. Players will also see faster growing jackpots. Instead of the jackpot increasing by $3,000 if it isn’t won, now it will increase by at least $10,000.

“These changes will create a more exciting state draw game for our players,” said Mark Michalko, executive director of the N.C. Education Lottery. “As we’ve seen with national games such as Powerball and Mega Millions, people enjoy playing for bigger and faster growing jackpots.”

The game will still cost $1 to play, but the range of numbers to choose from will move from 1-41 to 1-43.
The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot will increase to 1 in 962,598. The overall odds of winning a prize will be 1 in 10.51.

Lower tier prizes will now be a set amount. If you match four numbers, you win $250.

“It’s important for us to keep our games exciting for players and make sure they offer prizes that people want,” Michalko said. “This allows us to stay competitive and continue to increase our returns to education in North Carolina.”

Cash 5 drawings are conducted nightly at 11:22 p.m.. Players can buy tickets at any retail location or on the lottery’s website using Online Play.

Cash 5 launched in October 2006. The highest Cash 5 jackpot on record is $1.7 million. Seventeen people split the prize in June 2017 .

Ticket sales from draw games like Cash 5 make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $650 million a year for education. For details on how lottery funds have made a difference in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website.