$500 Loaded! — $10 Connecticut scratch-off ticket
CT · #1873 · $10

$500 Loaded!

Connecticut· Launched Apr 2026· 151 days on shelf· scanned 11d ago

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.68

USA percentile

55th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

5144

$500 tier

% sold-through

54%

2026-08-20

Forecast sellout

~212d

P10–P90: 148–297d

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$500 Loaded! is a $10 scratch-off game from the Connecticut (game #1873). It launched in April 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 5144 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, with roughly 54% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.41. Our models put its expected value at 0.68 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.68 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.68 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.45% of $500 prizes still unclaimed at 54% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 21.83% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~212 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 55th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

7 tiers · % remaining
$500
5.1K/11.3K
45%
$200
676/1.5K
$100
2.9K/6.3K
$50
4.1K/9.1K
$25
38.1K/83.2K
$15
70.3K/151.2K
$10
77.5K/166.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $5.98M — 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/$
YOU · 55th
USA: 55th percentileCT: 51th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 2Jun 9Jun 17Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Aug 5Aug 14Mar 310%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~03-31

Daily drainage

~21.83% / day

Days left (P50)

212 days

P10 / P90 range

148–297 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.68

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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