CT · #1830 · $5

$50,000 Cashword 2nd Edition

Connecticut· Launched Oct 2025· 256 days on shelf· scanned yesterday

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.69

USA percentile

59th

of 1,870 games

Top prizes left

13

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

37%

2026-06-21

Forecast sellout

~406d

P10–P90: 284–568d

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$50,000 Cashword 2nd Edition is a $5 scratch-off game from the Connecticut (game #1830). It launched in October 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 13 top prizes of $50 remain unclaimed, with roughly 37% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.59. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.69 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.65% of $50,000 prizes still unclaimed at 37% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 15.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~406 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 59th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$50K
13/20
65%
$5K
180/292
$500
1.9K/3.1K
$100
16.1K/26.0K
$75
13.6K/21.9K
$50
26.2K/42.4K
$35
32.9K/53.0K
$25
62.0K/99.8K
$20
74.5K/119.8K
$15
112.8K/179.7K
$10
461.3K/738.9K
$5
949.8K/1.5M

Total unclaimed prize value: $21.69M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,870 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 · 59th
USA: 59th percentileCT: 57th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 30Jun 2Jun 5Jun 8Jun 11Jun 14Jun 17Jun 20Aug 20%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~08-02

Daily drainage

~15.50% / day

Days left (P50)

406 days

P10 / P90 range

284–568 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.69

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -11%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — CT field

41 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.250.500.93YOU

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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