$500,000 CASHWORD 2nd EDITION
Connecticut· Launched May 2025· 524 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.69
USA percentile
58th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
0
$500,000 tier
% sold-through
94%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
~3576d
P10–P90: 2503–5006d
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$500,000 CASHWORD 2nd EDITION is a $30 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1800). It launched in May 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $500,000 remain unclaimed, with roughly 94% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 2.78. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 6 of 6 $30 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.69 EV/$, this game ranks 6 of 6 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.77).
- 1.Current daily drainage rate is 0.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~3576 days at this pace.
- 2.Ranks in the 58th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
12 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $1.91M — 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
~0.17% / day
Days left (P50)
3576 days
P10 / P90 range
2503–5006 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.69
Claim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 39% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
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
$500,000 CASHWORD 2nd EDITION: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 0 of the 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 12 prize levels the lottery reports, 33,330 of 559,578 prizes (6%) remain; every $500,000 prize has already been claimed.
At current prize levels a $30 ticket returns about $20.65 on average (0.69 per dollar), which ranks 6 of 6 $30 games on sale in Connecticut, below the $30 median of 0.77. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 23 of 76; nationally it sits in the 58th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 19 days, 323 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 3576 days (likely range 2503–5006).
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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