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Poor valueActivePharaoh's Gold · $2 · Connecticut Lottery
Pharaoh's Gold: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.15 on average.
▼ -6.5 pts vs launch#5 of 8 · $2 CT gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:31 AM
▼ -6.5 pts vs launch#5 of 8 · $2 CT gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:31 AM
Pharaoh's Gold is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Connecticut state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.5%, down 6.5 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 1 of the original 3 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 1.2M printed tickets have been sold.
57.5%
expected return
1 in 3.76
odds of any win
1 of 3
$10K top prizes left
92%
claimed · 1.1M of 1.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 26,167 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$4 – $300, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 49,240 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.15 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $300
$1.04 · 51.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.11 · 5.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $300 wins
26,165 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2025.
1.2M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 92%
98k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
8%
33% of top prizes remain with only 8% 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
#5 of 8
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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