$30,000 Cashword — $3 Connecticut scratch-off ticket
CT · #1787 · $3

$30,000 Cashword

Connecticut· Launched Jun 2024· 805 days on shelf· scanned 11d ago

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.47

USA percentile

1th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

1

$30,000 tier

% sold-through

96%

2026-08-20

Forecast sellout

~638d

P10–P90: 447–893d

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$30,000 Cashword is a $3 scratch-off game from the Connecticut (game #1787). It launched in June 2024. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $30 remains unclaimed, with roughly 96% 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 0.47 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.47 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.47 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.5% of $30,000 prizes still unclaimed at 96% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 0.60% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~638 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 1st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

8 tiers · % remaining
$30K
1/21
5%
$1K
11/335
$100
119/10.5K
$50
410/41.3K
$20
4.7K/316.2K
$10
10.9K/575.2K
$5
21.8K/718.6K
$3
79.6K/1.4M

Total unclaimed prize value: $624,184 — 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 · 1th
USA: 1th percentileCT: 4th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Aug 15Aug 16Aug 17Aug 18Aug 19Aug 20Aug 31May 300%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~05-30

Daily drainage

~0.60% / day

Days left (P50)

638 days

P10 / P90 range

447–893 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.47

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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