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Weak valueActiveGreen & Gold · $2 · Connecticut Lottery
Green & Gold: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.28 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $2 CT gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 AM
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $2 CT gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 AM
Green & Gold is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Connecticut state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 64.5%. 4 of the original 6 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 45% of the 1.5M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.03
odds of any win
4 of 6
$10K top prizes left
45%
claimed · 675k of 1.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 208,892 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $2
$3 – $300, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 120,215 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.23 · 61.6% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.05 · 2.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
208,888 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
45% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
1.5M
tickets printed
675k
tickets claimed · 45%
842k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
55%
67% of top prizes remain with only 55% 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 $2 CT peers
#2 of 8
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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