CT · #1850 · $50

Best Chance To Be A Millionaire

Connecticut· Launched Jan 2026· 171 days on shelf· scanned yesterday

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.83

USA percentile

97th

of 1,870 games

Top prizes left

4

$1,000,000 tier

% sold-through

43%

2026-06-21

Forecast sellout

~223d

P10–P90: 156–312d

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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, 4 top prizes of $1M remain unclaimed, with roughly 43% 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 0.83 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.83 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.83 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.80% of $1.0M prizes still unclaimed at 43% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 25.33% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~223 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 97th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$1M
4/5
80%
$50K
6/10
$5K
30/51
$1K
651/1.1K
$500
16.5K/29.1K
$200
17.3K/30.5K
$150
46.8K/82.7K
$100
117.0K/206.8K
$75
175.6K/310.1K

Total unclaimed prize value: $48.68M — 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 · 97th
USA: 97th percentileCT: 97th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 22May 26May 30Jun 3Jun 7Jun 11Jun 15Jun 19Jan 310%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~01-31

Daily drainage

~25.33% / day

Days left (P50)

223 days

P10 / P90 range

156–312 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.83

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -8%

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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