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Poor valueActive5X The Money 18th Edition · $5 · Connecticut Lottery
5X The Money 18th Edition: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.79 on average.
▼ -12.2 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $5 CT gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:31 AM
▼ -12.2 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $5 CT gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:31 AM
5X The Money 18th Edition is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Connecticut state lottery. Its current expected value is 55.8%, down 12.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 2 of the original 8 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 97% of the 5.3M printed tickets have been sold.
55.8%
expected return
1 in 3.63
odds of any win
2 of 8
$50K top prizes left
97%
claimed · 5.1M of 5.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 49,634 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
19 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 25,693 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.79 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.22 · 44.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.57 · 11.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
49,630 winning tickets remain in this range: 79% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
97% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2024.
5.3M
tickets printed
5.1M
tickets claimed · 97%
180k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
3%
25% of top prizes remain with only 3% 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 $5 CT peers
#8 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Connecticut Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 12:31 AM.
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