$30,000 CA$HWORD 2nd Edition
Connecticut· Launched Jul 2026· 93 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.69
USA percentile
61th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
20
$30,000 tier
% sold-through
10%
2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
~846d
P10–P90: 592–1184d
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$30,000 CA$HWORD 2nd Edition is a $3 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1853). It launched in July 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 20 top prizes of $30,000 remain unclaimed, with roughly 10% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.74. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 2 of 9 $3 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.69 EV/$, this game ranks 2 of 9 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.65).
- 1.95% of $30,000 prizes still unclaimed at 10% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Current daily drainage rate is 10.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~846 days at this pace.
- 3.Ranks in the 61st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
8 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $21.48M — 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 projectionDaily drainage
~10.67% / day
Days left (P50)
846 days
P10 / P90 range
592–1184 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.69
Claim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 89% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
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
$30,000 CA$HWORD 2nd Edition: prizes, value and pace
As of October 25, 2026, 20 of the 21 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 8 prize levels the lottery reports, 2,752,055 of 3,048,212 prizes (90%) remain.
At current prize levels a $3 ticket returns about $2.08 on average (0.69 per dollar), which ranks 2 of 9 $3 games on sale in Connecticut, above the $3 median of 0.65. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 18 of 69; nationally it sits in the 61th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 9 days, 29,024 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 846 days (likely range 592–1184).
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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