$250 Loaded!
Connecticut· Launched Apr 2026· 216 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.67
USA percentile
51th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
6746
$250 tier
% sold-through
52%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
~260d
P10–P90: 182–364d
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$250 Loaded! is a $5 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1872). It launched in April 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 6746 top prizes of $250 remain unclaimed, with roughly 52% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.80. Our models put its expected value at 0.67 per dollar, returning about $0.67 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 8 of 15 $5 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.67 EV/$, this game ranks 8 of 15 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.67).
- 1.47% of $250 prizes still unclaimed at 52% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Current daily drainage rate is 18.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~260 days at this pace.
- 3.Ranks in the 51st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
5 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $4.13M — 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
~18.50% / day
Days left (P50)
260 days
P10 / P90 range
182–364 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.67
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
$250 Loaded!: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 6746 of the 14,381 $250 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 5 prize levels the lottery reports, 255,751 of 532,624 prizes (48%) remain; the thinnest level is $50, with 47% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.36 on average (0.67 per dollar), which ranks 8 of 15 $5 games on sale in Connecticut, level with the $5 median of 0.67. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 35 of 76; nationally it sits in the 51th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 19 days, 17,196 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 453 top prizes; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 260 days (likely range 182–364).
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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