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Red Hot 10sConnecticut Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Connecticut Lottery
65
VALUESCORE
Good
$10ConnecticutGame #1886GREEN
At a glance

Red Hot 10s costs $10 a ticket from the Connecticut Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $100,000 prize now runs about 1 in 665,339 by our estimate, against 1 in 513,331 at launch. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.21 beat the 1 in 3.54 typical of Connecticut's $10 games.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.21
Exp. Value
$0.69
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$100,000
Top Prizes Left
2
Prizes Remaining
65%
ValueScore™
65 / 100
Good

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.69
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
It is 4th of the 9 active $10 games in Connecticut, with better-than-average value overall.
Why
↑Plenty of prizes remain in circulation across this game.
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 513K at launch, about 1 in 665K now. The $100,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • Frequent winners: roughly a 31% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.21), ahead of most games.
  • $0.69 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14
$100,000
2 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 513K
now ~1 in 665K
$5,000
14 of 20 left
launch odds 1 in 103K
now ~1 in 95K
$500
1,461 of 2,287 left
launch odds 1 in 898
now ~1 in 911
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeTotalLeftStatus
$100,00042
50%
$5,0002014
70%
$5002,2871,461
64%
$10020,55313,271
65%
$5041,12126,491
64%
$2541,12126,543
65%
$20123,37779,596
65%
$15164,484106,655
65%
$10246,698160,508
65%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$14,184,655
Current Prize Pool
$9,112,550
Payout Percentage
64.2%
Total Prizes Remaining
414,541

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
2,053,325
Estimated Remaining
1,330,677
% Remaining
64.8%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

Since its launch on July 5, 2 $100,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on October 8.

40
July 5October 14
  • October 8, 20261 claimed · 2 left
  • October 2, 20261 claimed · 3 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.9% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for Connecticut's $10 games (1.2% a week).

From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.

ValueScore™ Breakdown

65
VALUESCORE
Good
65
out of 100
Expected Value
24/40
Prize Quality
14/25
Win Frequency
15/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/14/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1886
Ticket Price
$10
Start Date
7/2/2026
Payout %
69.1%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/14/2026

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.21 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Red Hot 10s scratch-off a good buy?
It is a solid pick. Red Hot 10s scores 65/100 (Good) and is 4th of the 9 active $10 games in Connecticut. It pays back about $0.69 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the Red Hot 10s scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Red Hot 10s are 1 in 3.21. This means roughly 1 in every 3 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Red Hot 10s?
The top prize for Red Hot 10s is $100,000. As of our latest update, 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $10 ticket in Connecticut

GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
X THE MONEY871 in 3.1371.6%$200K · 4-
$100,000 CA$HWORD 2nd Edition821 in 3.1369.6%$100K · 190.9%
$10 MONOPOLY681 in 3.5569.4%$100K · 32.4%
Red Hot 10s (this game)651 in 3.2169.1%$100K · 21.9%
Pinball Wizard 2nd Edition601 in 3.5470.2%$100K · 21.2%
$10 Million Cash Blowout 2nd Edition591 in 9.3072.6%$500 · 1,216-
10X™ CASH 18TH EDITION441 in 3.9568.1%$10K · 871.0%
$100,000 CA$HWORD421 in 3.1369.6%$100K · 10.0%
$500 Loaded!401 in 4.4169.0%$500 · 3,8491.5%

Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.