MD · #769 · $3

Candy Cane Cash

Maryland· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.66

USA percentile

47th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

2

$30,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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Candy Cane Cash is a $3 scratch-off game from the Maryland (game #769). As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $30 remain unclaimed, as published by the Maryland. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.96. Our models put its expected value at 0.66 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.66 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.66 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.33% of $30,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 47th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

6 tiers · % remaining
$30K
2/6
33%
$500
95/397
$100
764/2.9K
$30
15.4K/60.9K
$10
55.2K/209.5K
$3
130.9K/465.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.59M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active MD games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
MD median0.73 EV/$
YOU · 47th
USA: 47th percentileMD: 23th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +3%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — MD field

100 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.250.500.93YOU

No other active MD 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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