Mega Money 28th Edition
Connecticut· Launched May 2023· 1266 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.57
USA percentile
11th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
1
$20,000 tier
% sold-through
94%
2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
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Mega Money 28th Edition is a $2 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1717). It launched in May 2023. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $20,000 remains unclaimed, with roughly 94% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.15. Our models put its expected value at 0.57 per dollar, returning about $0.57 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 8 of 12 $2 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.57 EV/$, this game ranks 8 of 12 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.59).
- 1.25% of $20,000 prizes still unclaimed at 94% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.94% of tickets sold through so far.
- 3.Ranks in the 11th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
9 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $390,581 — 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 260% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.
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
Mega Money 28th Edition: prizes, value and pace
As of October 25, 2026, 1 of the 4 $20,000 top prizes is still unclaimed; across the 9 prize levels the lottery reports, 82,664 of 1,470,444 prizes (6%) remain; the thinnest level is $400, with 3% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $2 ticket returns about $1.14 on average (0.57 per dollar), which ranks 8 of 12 $2 games on sale in Connecticut, below the $2 median of 0.59. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 59 of 69; nationally it sits in the 11th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 9 days, 23 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 October 25, 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.