$250,000 CA$HWORD
Connecticut· Launched Oct 2024· 739 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.69
USA percentile
58th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
0
$250,000 tier
% sold-through
92%
2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
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$250,000 CA$HWORD is a $20 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1780). It launched in October 2024. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $250,000 remain unclaimed, with roughly 92% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 2.85. 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 9 $20 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.69 EV/$, this game ranks 7 of 9 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.71).
- 1.92% of tickets sold through so far.
- 2.Ranks in the 58th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
11 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $3.59M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,154 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 projectionInsufficient historical data for sellout projection.
Claim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersClaim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
Price vs EV — CT field
77 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
$250,000 CA$HWORD: prizes, value and pace
As of October 25, 2026, 0 of the 4 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 11 prize levels the lottery reports, 91,366 of 1,087,687 prizes (8%) remain; every $250,000 prize has already been claimed.
At current prize levels a $20 ticket returns about $13.78 on average (0.69 per dollar), which ranks 7 of 9 $20 games on sale in Connecticut, below the $20 median of 0.71. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 21 of 69; nationally it sits in the 58th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 9 days, 77 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize.
Figures come from the prize data the Connecticut lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 25, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a CT game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.