Full of $250s
Connecticut· Launched Oct 2025· 396 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.49
USA percentile
2th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
226
$250 tier
% sold-through
96%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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Full of $250s is a $5 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1854). It launched in October 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 226 top prizes of $250 remain unclaimed, with roughly 96% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.80. Our models put its expected value at 0.49 per dollar, returning about $0.49 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 15 of 15 $5 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.49 EV/$, this game ranks 15 of 15 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.67).
- 1.2% of $250 prizes still unclaimed at 96% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.96% of tickets sold through so far.
- 3.Ranks in the 2nd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
5 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $196,280 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 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 31% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
Price vs EV — CT field
85 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
Full of $250s: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 226 of the 10,197 $250 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 5 prize levels the lottery reports, 16,751 of 378,439 prizes (4%) remain; the thinnest level is $250, with 2% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $2.44 on average (0.49 per dollar), which ranks 15 of 15 $5 games on sale in Connecticut, below the $5 median of 0.67. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 73 of 76; nationally it sits in the 2th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 19 days, 92 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 1 top prize.
Figures come from the prize data the Connecticut lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 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.