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Decent valueActiveFabulous Fortune · $30 · Connecticut Lottery
Fabulous Fortune: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.39 on average.
▼ -2.4 pts vs launch#7 of 7 · $30 CT gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 AM
▼ -2.4 pts vs launch#7 of 7 · $30 CT gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 AM
Fabulous Fortune is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Connecticut state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.6%, down 2.4 percentage points from the launch value of 77.0%. 2 of the original 3 $2,000,000 ANNUITY top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 13% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
74.6%
expected return
1 in 3.54
odds of any win
2 of 3
$2M jackpots left
13%
claimed · 266k of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 514,157 winning tickets still unclaimed.
28 win more than $30
$40 – $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 396 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.39 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $40 – $500
$19.49 · 65.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.71 · 2.4% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$2.19 · 7.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 1.8M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$40 – $500 wins
513,578 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
13% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
2.1M
tickets printed
266k
tickets claimed · 13%
1.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
87%
67% of top prizes remain with 87% 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 $30 CT peers
#7 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Connecticut Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 AM.
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