Pay Raise
Connecticut· Launched Aug 2025· 450 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.67
USA percentile
49th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
1
$25,000 tier
% sold-through
68%
2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
~550d
P10–P90: 385–770d
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Pay Raise is a $3 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1770). It launched in August 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $25,000 remains unclaimed, with roughly 68% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.50. Our models put its expected value at 0.67 per dollar, returning about $0.67 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 3 of 9 $3 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.67 EV/$, this game ranks 3 of 9 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.65).
- 1.33% of $25,000 prizes still unclaimed at 68% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Current daily drainage rate is 5.83% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~550 days at this pace.
- 3.Ranks in the 49th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
12 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $1.30M — 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 projectionDaily drainage
~5.83% / day
Days left (P50)
550 days
P10 / P90 range
385–770 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.67
Claim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 90% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
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
Pay Raise: prizes, value and pace
As of October 25, 2026, 1 of the 3 $25,000 top prizes is still unclaimed; across the 12 prize levels the lottery reports, 186,147 of 579,950 prizes (32%) remain; the thinnest level is $1,000, with 21% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $3 ticket returns about $2 on average (0.67 per dollar), which ranks 3 of 9 $3 games on sale in Connecticut, above the $3 median of 0.65. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 34 of 69; nationally it sits in the 49th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 9 days, 3,108 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 550 days (likely range 385–770).
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.