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Average valueActiveLady Luck · $5 · Connecticut Lottery
Lady Luck: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.44 on average.
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#4 of 10 · $5 CT gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 AM
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#4 of 10 · $5 CT gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 AM
Lady Luck is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Connecticut state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.8%, up 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 68.4%. 3 of the original 4 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 46% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
68.8%
expected return
1 in 3.98
odds of any win
3 of 4
$50K top prizes left
46%
claimed · 973k of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 282,086 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 10,993 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.23 · 64.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.21 · 4.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
282,039 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
46% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
2.1M
tickets printed
973k
tickets claimed · 46%
1.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
54%
75% of top prizes remain with only 54% 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
#4 of 10
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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