scratchcard
Sign in to saveAlso known as scratch off, scratch ticket, scratcher, scratchie, scratch-it, scratch game, scratch-and-win, instant game
thumb|right|To win an amount of money in this scratch game the player has to find it three times under the scratch area.
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Technology
- Gambling and quizzes
- Origins
- Popularity
- Predictability
- Second-chance sweepstakes
- Break opens
- Online gambling scratchcards
- Fraudulent practices
- Games sold with claimed jackpots
- Cards hiding confidential information
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Footnotes
thumb|right|To win an amount of money in this scratch game the player has to find it three times under the scratch area.
A scratchcard is a card designed for competitions, often made of thin cardstock or plastic, where one or more areas contain concealed information which can be revealed by scratching off an opaque covering.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “scratchcard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.