Red Hot 10s — $10 Connecticut scratch-off ticket
CT · #1886 · $10

Red Hot 10s

Connecticut· Launched Jul 2026· 60 days on shelf· scanned 11d ago

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.69

USA percentile

60th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

4

$100,000 tier

% sold-through

20%

2026-08-20

Forecast sellout

~251d

P10–P90: 176–351d

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

Red Hot 10s is a $10 scratch-off game from the Connecticut (game #1886). It launched in July 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 4 top prizes of $100 remain unclaimed, with roughly 20% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.21. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.69 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.100% of $100,000 prizes still unclaimed at 20% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 31.83% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~251 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 60th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$100K
4/4
100%
$5K
16/20
$500
1.8K/2.3K
$100
16.4K/20.6K
$50
32.8K/41.1K
$25
32.8K/41.1K
$20
98.5K/123.4K
$15
131.7K/164.5K
$10
197.8K/246.7K

Total unclaimed prize value: $11.42M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 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 median0.68 EV/$
YOU · 60th
USA: 60th percentileCT: 58th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jul 15Jul 19Jul 24Jul 29Aug 2Aug 6Aug 12Aug 17May 90%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~05-09

Daily drainage

~31.83% / day

Days left (P50)

251 days

P10 / P90 range

176–351 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.69

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -100%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 100% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.

Price vs EV — CT field

57 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.250.500.99YOU

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.

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