Millionaire Maker — $30 Connecticut scratch-off ticket
CT · #1774 · $30

Millionaire Maker

Connecticut· Launched Jun 2024· 874 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.76

USA percentile

84th

of 2,154 games

Top prizes left

2

$1,000,000 tier

% sold-through

43%

2026-10-25

Forecast sellout

~1170d

P10–P90: 819–1638d

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

Millionaire Maker is a $30 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1774). It launched in June 2024. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $1M remain unclaimed, with roughly 43% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 2.72. Our models put its expected value at 0.76 per dollar, returning about $0.76 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 5 of 6 $30 games on sale in Connecticut.

THE THESIS

At 0.76 EV/$, this game ranks 5 of 6 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.77).

  1. 1.67% of $1.0M prizes still unclaimed at 43% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 4.83% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~1170 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 84th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
About this game ↓

Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$1M
2/3
67%
$200K
3/4
$50K
4/6
$5K
45/78
$1K
698/1.2K
$500
8.5K/15.1K
$100
99.7K/176.9K
$50
200.2K/354.0K
$30
280.7K/495.5K

Total unclaimed prize value: $36.40M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,154 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 median0.66 EV/$
YOU · 84th
USA: 84th percentileCT: 88th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Aug 15Aug 17Aug 19Oct 16Oct 18Oct 20Oct 22Oct 24Jan 70%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~01-07

Daily drainage

~4.83% / day

Days left (P50)

1170 days

P10 / P90 range

819–1638 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.76

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -87%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 87% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.

Price vs EV — CT field

77 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.300.601.06break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

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.

ABOUT THIS GAME

Millionaire Maker: prizes, value and pace

As of October 25, 2026, 2 of the 3 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 9 prize levels the lottery reports, 589,989 of 1,042,850 prizes (57%) remain.

At current prize levels a $30 ticket returns about $22.72 on average (0.76 per dollar), which ranks 5 of 6 $30 games on sale in Connecticut, below the $30 median of 0.77. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 8 of 69; nationally it sits in the 84th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.

Over the last 9 days, 4,425 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 1170 days (likely range 819–1638).

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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