Hit $500
Connecticut· Launched May 2025· 552 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
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USA percentile
0th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
63
$500 tier
% sold-through
98%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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Hit $500 is a $10 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1834). It launched in May 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 63 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, with roughly 98% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.41. Expected value isn't computed for this game because the published prize data isn't complete enough to calculate it.
Prize ladder
7 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $113,845 — 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 tiersClaim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
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
Hit $500: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 63 of the 6,140 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 7 prize levels the lottery reports, 5,523 of 232,750 prizes (2%) remain; the thinnest level is $200, with 1% of its prizes left.
Over the last 19 days, 7 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a 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.