$100,000 CA$HWORD
Connecticut· Launched Sep 2024· 786 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.69
USA percentile
59th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
1
$100,000 tier
% sold-through
98%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
~1098d
P10–P90: 769–1537d
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$100,000 CA$HWORD is a $10 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1797). It launched in September 2024. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $100,000 remains unclaimed, with roughly 98% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.13. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 7 of 12 $10 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.69 EV/$, this game ranks 7 of 12 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.69).
- 1.5% of $100,000 prizes still unclaimed at 98% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Current daily drainage rate is 0.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~1098 days at this pace.
- 3.Ranks in the 59th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
10 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $652,950 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 active gamesWhere this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active CT games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionDaily drainage
~0.17% / day
Days left (P50)
1098 days
P10 / P90 range
769–1537 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.69
Claim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 23% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
Price vs EV — CT field
85 games · break-even highlightedNo other active CT games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim cadence · the roll
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
$100,000 CA$HWORD: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 1 of the 21 $100,000 top prizes is still unclaimed; across the 10 prize levels the lottery reports, 30,254 of 1,652,061 prizes (2%) remain; the thinnest level is $200, with 1% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $10 ticket returns about $6.89 on average (0.69 per dollar), which ranks 7 of 12 $10 games on sale in Connecticut, level with the $10 median of 0.69. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 22 of 76; nationally it sits in the 59th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 19 days, 366 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 1098 days (likely range 769–1537).
Figures come from the prize data the Connecticut lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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