DIAMOND BINGO — $3 Connecticut scratch-off ticket
CT · #1868 · $3

DIAMOND BINGO

Connecticut· Launched May 2026· 121 days on shelf· scanned 11d ago

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.65

USA percentile

42th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

2

$30,000 tier

% sold-through

37%

2026-08-20

Forecast sellout

~245d

P10–P90: 172–343d

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DIAMOND BINGO is a $3 scratch-off game from the Connecticut (game #1868). It launched in May 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $30 remain unclaimed, with roughly 37% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.01. Our models put its expected value at 0.65 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.65 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.65 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.50% of $30,000 prizes still unclaimed at 37% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 25.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~245 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 42nd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

13 tiers · % remaining
$30K
2/4
50%
$1K
11/16
$300
88/159
$100
296/473
$60
492/790
$50
570/944
$30
3.0K/4.7K
$25
9.7K/15.8K
$20
9.6K/15.7K
$15
9.8K/15.7K
$10
14.8K/23.6K
$6
109.3K/172.9K
$3
89.2K/141.5K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.93M — 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/$
CT median0.68 EV/$
YOU · 42th
USA: 42th percentileCT: 28th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 2Jun 9Jun 17Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Aug 5Aug 14May 30%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~05-03

Daily drainage

~25.67% / day

Days left (P50)

245 days

P10 / P90 range

172–343 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.65

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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