Horrible payout.
From Fallen London Wiki (Staging)
200*0.01+1*0.12+1*0.12+3*0.50=3.74E payout.
Level 7 costs 400*0.02+400*0.02=16E
Level 8 costs 15*0.50=7.5E
So, you lose 19,76E, and the + Connected is only up to level 1, so only works if you have exactly 0 cp.
All in all, horrendous, and you can never have these cards out of you London deck.
Edit: I was wrong, you can get these cards out of your deck.