Connecticut Holiday Scratch Games: What to Buy and What to Skip (November 2026)
4 Connecticut holiday scratch games are on sale as of November 6, 2026. The best of them by current payout is HOLIDAY TREASURE ($10) at 68.7%, 1 in 3.16 for any prize. As a group they are the worse buy: a median payout of 66.6% against 68.2% across all 57 games on sale. Festive packaging is not a better ticket.
Connecticut holiday scratch games on sale, best payout first
- 1 $10
HOLIDAY TREASURE
#191068.7% payout now- EV / ticket
- $6.87
- Any prize
- 1 in 3.16
- Beats price
- 1 in 4.60
- Top prizes
- 4 of 4
Best payout New - 2 $5
HOLIDAY LUCK X50
#190967.3% payout now- EV / ticket
- $3.37
- Any prize
- 1 in 3.86
- Beats price
- 1 in 6.26
- Top prizes
- 4 of 4
New - 3 $3
UCONN HUSKY HOLIDAYS
#191765.8% payout now- EV / ticket
- $1.97
- Any prize
- 1 in 3.64
- Beats price
- 1 in 5.41
- Top prizes
- 4 of 4
New - 4 $1
HOLIDAY CASH
#190762.3% payout now- EV / ticket
- $0.62
- Any prize
- 1 in 4.20
- Beats price
- 1 in 6.86
- Top prizes
- 4 of 4
New
Payout is what the remaining prize pool returns per dollar; profit odds count only prizes larger than the ticket price. Definitions are on the methodology page.
Compare all 4 games in a table
| # Game | Price | Payout now | EV / ticket | Any-prize odds | Cash odds | Profit odds | Top prize | Top left | 7-day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. HOLIDAY TREASURE New | $10 | 68.7% | $6.87 | 1 in 3.16 | 1 in 3.16 | 1 in 4.60 | $100,000 | 4 | -0.2 pts |
| 2. HOLIDAY LUCK X50 New | $5 | 67.3% | $3.37 | 1 in 3.86 | 1 in 3.86 | 1 in 6.26 | $50,000 | 4 | -0.6 pts |
| 3. UCONN HUSKY HOLIDAYS New | $3 | 65.8% | $1.97 | 1 in 3.64 | 1 in 3.64 | 1 in 5.41 | $30,000 | 4 | 0.0 pts |
| 4. HOLIDAY CASH New | $1 | 62.3% | $0.62 | 1 in 4.20 | 1 in 4.20 | 1 in 6.86 | $5,000 | 4 | -0.3 pts |
Why holiday scratch games usually pay less
A holiday range is the most heavily promoted thing a state lottery sells. The tickets are bigger, the artwork is better, and they arrive at the one time of year when people who never buy a scratcher buy one as a gift. None of that changes the arithmetic. The prize pool is printed before the game ships, and the share of each dollar it returns is set at the same time. In Connecticut right now that share is lower than the state's ordinary games: a median 66.6% against 68.2%. Buying the festive ticket costs you about 1.7% of every dollar. The one thing a new holiday game does guarantee is that its top prizes are still unclaimed, which is not true of a game that has been on the shelf since spring.
If you are buying a scratcher as a gift, the useful question is not which game is festive but which is still worth handing over. The payout ranking answers that for every game in Connecticut, and the top prizes still unclaimed list shows which games have their headline prize in play. Both are free and both are recomputed daily.
Connecticut holiday scratch games: common questions
- How many Connecticut holiday scratch games are on sale right now?
- 4 as of November 6, 2026.
- Are holiday scratch games a better bet than normal ones?
- No. In Connecticut today the holiday games return a median 66.6% against 68.2% across all 57 games on sale. They are marketed harder and pay less.
- When do Connecticut holiday scratch games go on sale?
- Connecticut has released its holiday range in October and November: the games we hold launched between November 2, 2026 and November 2, 2026. This page lists the new range the day the Connecticut Lottery publishes it, because we re-read the official prize data every day.
- Can I still claim a holiday scratch game from last year?
- Only while the game is inside its claim window. A game stops selling months before claims close, so check the last claim date on the game's own page.
- Do unclaimed holiday prizes carry over?
- No. Every game is a fixed pool printed before it ships, and prizes that are never claimed are simply never paid. That is why a game late in its life can look generous on paper: the money is still in the pool, but so are the tickets.