CT · #1850 · $50

Best Chance To Be A Millionaire

Connecticut· Launched Jan 2026· 215 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.81

USA percentile

94th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

2

$1,000,000 tier

% sold-through

55%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~171d

P10–P90: 120–239d

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Best Chance To Be A Millionaire is a $50 scratch-off game from the Connecticut (game #1850). It launched in January 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $1M remain unclaimed, with roughly 55% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.13. Our models put its expected value at 0.81 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.81 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.81 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.40% of $1.0M prizes still unclaimed at 55% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 26.33% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~171 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 94th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$1M
2/5
40%
$50K
5/10
$5K
26/51
$1K
531/1.1K
$500
13.2K/29.1K
$200
13.8K/30.5K
$150
37.3K/82.7K
$100
93.3K/206.8K
$75
140.1K/310.1K

Total unclaimed prize value: $37.68M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 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 · 94th
USA: 94th percentileCT: 96th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Jan 230%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~01-23

Daily drainage

~26.33% / day

Days left (P50)

171 days

P10 / P90 range

120–239 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.81

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +2%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — CT field

50 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.250.500.97YOU

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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