$30,000 CA$HWORD 2nd Edition — $3 Connecticut scratch-off ticket
CT · #1853 · $3

$30,000 CA$HWORD 2nd Edition

Connecticut· Launched Jul 2026· 38 days on shelf· scanned 11d ago

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.69

USA percentile

61th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

21

$30,000 tier

% sold-through

3%

2026-08-20

Forecast sellout

~913d

P10–P90: 639–1278d

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$30,000 CA$HWORD 2nd Edition is a $3 scratch-off game from the Connecticut (game #1853). It launched in July 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 21 top prizes of $30 remain unclaimed, with roughly 3% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.74. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.69 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.100% of $30,000 prizes still unclaimed at 3% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 10.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~913 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 61st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

8 tiers · % remaining
$30K
21/21
100%
$1K
326/332
$100
10.0K/10.3K
$50
39.8K/40.9K
$20
305.5K/314.0K
$10
555.4K/570.7K
$5
694.9K/713.8K
$3
1.4M/1.4M

Total unclaimed prize value: $23.18M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 active games

Where 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.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
CT median0.68 EV/$
YOU · 61th
USA: 61th percentileCT: 60th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jul 26Jul 29Aug 1Aug 4Aug 7Aug 11Aug 14Aug 18Mar 10%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~03-01

Daily drainage

~10.67% / day

Days left (P50)

913 days

P10 / P90 range

639–1278 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.69

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -100%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 100% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.

Price vs EV — CT field

57 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.250.500.99YOU

No 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.

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