
Connecticut· Launched Oct 2025· 391 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.69
USA percentile
57th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
10
$50,000 tier
% sold-through
57%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
~269d
P10–P90: 188–377d
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$50,000 Cashword 2nd Edition is a $5 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1830). It launched in October 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 10 top prizes of $50,000 remain unclaimed, with roughly 57% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.59. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels, the best of 15 $5 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.69 EV/$, this game ranks 1 of 15 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.67).
Total unclaimed prize value: $14.57M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
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.
Daily drainage
~15.83% / day
Days left (P50)
269 days
P10 / P90 range
188–377 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.69
Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
No other active CT games currently clear break-even.
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
As of November 4, 2026, 10 of the 20 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 12 prize levels the lottery reports, 1,183,215 of 2,782,467 prizes (43%) remain; the thinnest level is $5,000, with 40% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.43 on average (0.69 per dollar), which ranks 1 of 15 $5 games on sale in Connecticut, above the $5 median of 0.67. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 24 of 76; nationally it sits in the 57th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 19 days, 78,349 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 269 days (likely range 188–377).
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.
SIMILAR PLAYS IN CT
Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal
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