CT · #1854 · $5

Full of $250s

Connecticut· Launched Oct 2025· 305 days on shelf· scanned yesterday

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.50

USA percentile

2th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

251

$250 tier

% sold-through

95%

2026-08-04

Forecast sellout

~284d

P10–P90: 199–398d

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Full of $250s is a $5 scratch-off game from the Connecticut (game #1854). It launched in October 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 251 top prizes of $250 remain unclaimed, with roughly 95% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.80. Our models put its expected value at 0.50 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.50 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.50 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.2% of $250 prizes still unclaimed at 95% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 1.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~284 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 2nd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

5 tiers · % remaining
$250
251/10.2K
2%
$50
116/4.6K
$20
1.8K/58.2K
$10
6.0K/145.4K
$5
9.8K/160.1K

Total unclaimed prize value: $213,105 — 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 · 2th
USA: 2th percentileCT: 4th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29May 160%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~05-16

Daily drainage

~1.67% / day

Days left (P50)

284 days

P10 / P90 range

199–398 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.50

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -25%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 25% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.

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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