The current odds of winning any prize on $250 Loaded! are 1 in 4.86 (20.58%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $250 top prize.

Yes. 7025 of the 14381 $250 top prizes have been claimed, and 7356 are still unclaimed, as of Oct 8, 2026. We estimate about 53% of the game's 2,559,200 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. $250 Loaded! is on sale at Connecticut Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 10 $5 Connecticut scratch tickets on sale, $250 Loaded! ranks #10 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 4.86 tickets winning at least the $5 ticket price back. Right now the $5 game with the best odds of breaking even is $50,000 Cashword 2nd Edition, where 1 in 3.63 tickets wins at least $5 back.

$250 Loaded! has 5 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $250 at 1 in 184 (7,356 of 14,381 left); $50+ at 1 in 127 (3,319 of 6,470 left); $20+ at 1 in 25.7 (42,089 of 81,911 left); $10+ at 1 in 8.51 (106,695 of 204,738 left); $5+ at 1 in 4.86 (119,697 of 225,124 left).

The odds of winning at least your $5 back on one $250 Loaded! ticket are 1 in 4.86 (20.58%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 8.51 (11.75%).

$250 Loaded! costs $5 per ticket. It is sold at authorized Connecticut Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — Connecticut scratch tickets and Connecticut scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The Connecticut Lottery lists them under "Scratch Games" on its own site. "Scratch Tickets" is simply what most players in Connecticut call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.

$250 Loaded!, a $5 Connecticut scratch ticket, was released on Apr 2, 2026 by the Connecticut Lottery.