Emerald 8s Extra Play
Connecticut· Launched Nov 2025· 331 days on shelf· scanned 7d ago
EV / Dollar
0.62
USA percentile
29th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
0
$50,000 tier
% sold-through
79%
2026-10-18
Forecast sellout
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Emerald 8s Extra Play is a $5 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1849). It launched in November 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $50,000 remain unclaimed, with roughly 79% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.06. Our models put its expected value at 0.62 per dollar, returning about $0.62 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 11 of 14 $5 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.62 EV/$, this game ranks 11 of 14 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.66).
- 1.79% of tickets sold through so far.
- 2.Ranks in the 29th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
9 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $1.35M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,154 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 projectionInsufficient historical data for sellout projection.
Claim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 100% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
Price vs EV — CT field
77 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
Emerald 8s Extra Play: prizes, value and pace
As of October 18, 2026, 0 of the 4 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 9 prize levels the lottery reports, 106,254 of 511,053 prizes (21%) remain; every $50,000 prize has already been claimed.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.12 on average (0.62 per dollar), which ranks 11 of 14 $5 games on sale in Connecticut, below the $5 median of 0.66. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 52 of 69; nationally it sits in the 29th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Figures come from the prize data the Connecticut lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 18, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a CT game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.