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Decent valueActive$2,000,000 Jackpot · $20 · Connecticut Lottery
$2,000,000 Jackpot: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.84 on average.
▲ +2.2 pts vs launch#1 of 7 · $20 CT games
▲ +2.2 pts vs launch#1 of 7 · $20 CT games
$2,000,000 Jackpot is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Connecticut state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.2%, up 2.2 percentage points from the launch value of 77.0%. 1 of the original 3 $2,000,000 ANNUITY top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 2.5M printed tickets have been sold.
79.2%
expected return
1 in 3.08
odds of any win
1 of 3
$2M jackpots left
72%
claimed · 1.8M of 2.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 229,730 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $20
$25 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
68 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 224 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.84 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$11.76 · 58.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$1.26 · 6.3% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$2.82 · 14.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
65.1%
Just 1 ticket out of 709k carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
229,454 winning tickets remain in this range: 74% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2024.
2.5M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 72%
709k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
28%
33% of top prizes remain with only 28% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Connecticut Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 CT peers
#1 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Connecticut Lottery published claim data.
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