NH · #1693 · $10

Coal 9

New Hampshire· Launched Mar 2026· 91 days on shelf· scanned yesterday

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.73

USA percentile

76th

of 1,870 games

Top prizes left

3

$200,000 tier

% sold-through

35%

2026-06-21

Forecast sellout

~270d

P10–P90: 189–378d

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Coal 9 is a $10 scratch-off game from the New Hampshire (game #1693). It launched in March 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $200 remain unclaimed, with roughly 35% of tickets sold, as published by the New Hampshire. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.42. Our models put its expected value at 0.73 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.73 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.73 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.75% of $200,000 prizes still unclaimed at 35% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 24.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~270 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 76th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$200K
3/4
75%
$20K
2/4
$1K
184/268
$500
420/646
$400
172/271
$250
532/825
$100
8.5K/13.1K
$50
8.6K/13.2K
$25
7.9K/12.2K
$20
39.1K/59.5K
$15
56.5K/86.6K
$10
84.7K/129.7K

Total unclaimed prize value: $5.19M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,870 active games

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

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
NH median0.64 EV/$
YOU · 76th
USA: 76th percentileNH: 86th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 30Jun 2Jun 5Jun 8Jun 11Jun 14Jun 17Jun 20Mar 190%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~03-19

Daily drainage

~24.17% / day

Days left (P50)

270 days

P10 / P90 range

189–378 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.73

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -14%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — NH field

61 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.300.601.01break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

No other active NH 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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