UCONN®
Connecticut· Launched Jan 2026· 306 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.64
USA percentile
36th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
0
$50,000 tier
% sold-through
87%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
~4011d
P10–P90: 2808–5615d
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UCONN® is a $5 scratch-off game from the Connecticut lottery (game #1862). It launched in January 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $50,000 remain unclaimed, with roughly 87% of tickets sold, as published by the Connecticut lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.81. Our models put its expected value at 0.64 per dollar, returning about $0.64 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 12 of 15 $5 games on sale in Connecticut.
THE THESIS
At 0.64 EV/$, this game ranks 12 of 15 same-price games on sale in Connecticut (median 0.67).
- 1.Current daily drainage rate is 0.33% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~4011 days at this pace.
- 2.Ranks in the 36th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
10 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $444,615 — 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 projectionDaily drainage
~0.33% / day
Days left (P50)
4011 days
P10 / P90 range
2808–5615 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.64
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
UCONN®: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 0 of the 3 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 10 prize levels the lottery reports, 36,641 of 274,015 prizes (13%) remain; every $50,000 prize has already been claimed.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.18 on average (0.64 per dollar), which ranks 12 of 15 $5 games on sale in Connecticut, below the $5 median of 0.67. Among every Connecticut game with a computable value it is 52 of 76; nationally it sits in the 36th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 19 days, 154 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 4011 days (likely range 2808–5615).
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.