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Strong valueActiveBest Chance To Be A Millionaire · $50 · Connecticut Lottery
Best Chance To Be A Millionaire: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $40.30 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#1 of 1 · $50 CT gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:30 PM
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#1 of 1 · $50 CT gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:30 PM
Best Chance To Be A Millionaire is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Connecticut state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.6%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 81.1%. 2 of the original 5 $1,000,000 ANNUITY top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 54% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
80.6%
expected return
1 in 3.13
odds of any win
2 of 5
$1M jackpots left
54%
claimed · 1.1M of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 302,994 winning tickets still unclaimed.
30 win more than $50
$75 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 68 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $40.30 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $75 – $500
$37.22 · 74.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.97 · 1.9% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.11 · 4.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
76.4%
Just 2 tickets out of 949k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$75 – $500 wins
302,419 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
54% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
2.1M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 54%
949k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
46%
40% of top prizes remain with 46% 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 $50 CT peers
Only $50 game tracked in Connecticut
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
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Best Chance To Be A Millionaire
80.6%
Figures from Connecticut Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:30 PM.
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