$2,000,000 Jackpot
Connecticut· Launched Jul 2024· 828 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.84
USA percentile
97th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
1
$2,000,000 tier
% sold-through
78%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
~211d
P10–P90: 148–295d
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$2,000,000 Jackpot is a $20 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1796). It launched in July 2024. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $2M remains unclaimed, with roughly 78% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.08. Our models put its expected value at 0.84 per dollar, returning about $0.84 per dollar on average at current prize levels, the best of 10 $20 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.84 EV/$, this game ranks 1 of 10 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.71).
- 1.Current daily drainage rate is 10.33% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~211 days at this pace.
- 2.Ranks in the 97th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
14 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $9.12M — 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
~10.33% / day
Days left (P50)
211 days
P10 / P90 range
148–295 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.84
Claim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersClaim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
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
$2,000,000 Jackpot: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, across the 13 prize levels the lottery reports, 176,261 of 810,060 prizes (22%) remain; the thinnest level is $50,000, with 11% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $20 ticket returns about $16.79 on average (0.84 per dollar), which ranks 1 of 10 $20 games on sale in Connecticut, above the $20 median of 0.71. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 1 of 76; nationally it sits in the 97th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 19 days, 14,916 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 211 days (likely range 148–295).
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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