$50 Loaded!
Connecticut· Launched Apr 2026· 216 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.60
USA percentile
19th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
4971
$50 tier
% sold-through
57%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
~321d
P10–P90: 225–449d
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$50 Loaded! is a $1 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1870). It launched in April 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 4971 top prizes of $50 remain unclaimed, with roughly 57% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 5.51. Our models put its expected value at 0.60 per dollar, returning about $0.60 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 6 of 8 $1 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.60 EV/$, this game ranks 6 of 8 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.62).
- 1.39% of $50 prizes still unclaimed at 57% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Current daily drainage rate is 13.33% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~321 days at this pace.
- 3.Ranks in the 19th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
7 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $616,306 — 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
~13.33% / day
Days left (P50)
321 days
P10 / P90 range
225–449 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.60
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
$50 Loaded!: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 4971 of the 12,732 $50 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 7 prize levels the lottery reports, 187,432 of 438,485 prizes (43%) remain; the thinnest level is $50, with 39% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $1 ticket returns about $0.6 on average (0.60 per dollar), which ranks 6 of 8 $1 games on sale in Connecticut, below the $1 median of 0.62. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 62 of 76; nationally it sits in the 19th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 19 days, 11,026 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 356 top prizes; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 321 days (likely range 225–449).
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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