$50,000 Cashword 2nd Edition — $5 Connecticut scratch-off ticket
CT · #1830 · $5

$50,000 Cashword 2nd Edition

Connecticut· Launched Oct 2025· 326 days on shelf· scanned 11d ago

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.69

USA percentile

57th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

11

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

47%

2026-08-20

Forecast sellout

~369d

P10–P90: 258–517d

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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, 11 top prizes of $50 remain unclaimed, with roughly 47% 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. 1.55% of $50,000 prizes still unclaimed at 47% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 14.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~369 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 57th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$50K
11/20
55%
$5K
149/292
$500
1.6K/3.1K
$100
13.6K/26.0K
$75
11.5K/21.9K
$50
22.1K/42.4K
$35
27.7K/53.0K
$25
52.3K/99.8K
$20
62.9K/119.8K
$15
95.6K/179.7K
$10
390.3K/738.9K
$5
810.0K/1.5M

Total unclaimed prize value: $18.35M — 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 · 57th
USA: 57th percentileCT: 55th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 7Jun 13Jun 20Jun 27Jul 16Jul 22Jul 28Aug 15Sep 40%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~09-04

Daily drainage

~14.50% / day

Days left (P50)

369 days

P10 / P90 range

258–517 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.69

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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