Scratchcards

Scratchcards are instant lottery games where you need to scratch off the surface of the card to reveal a possible cash prize underneath. Known by different names around the world scratchcards are often called scratchies, scratch-offs, instants, instant lottery and instant wins. Of course the advent of the internet means that you don’t even need to dig a coin out to scratch, you can play as many instant wins and scratchcards online as you like, you don’t even need to pop to the shops.

Scratchcards work in many different ways but the general idea is that you scratch off a panel (whether literally or virtually) to reveal winning symbols to become a scratchcard winner. Traditionally this meant scratching off the panel to find three like amounts or symbols but now scratchcards and instant wins work on all sorts of themes so it’s worth checking what you are looking for before you start to scratch. Many lottery websites around the world bring a huge selection of instant wins and scratchcard games online but that’s not the only place you can play scratchcards online.

Prizes on offer from scratchcards are now so high that often the jackpots can be life-changing amounts of money. Gone are the days when the prizes were just a few hundred or thousand pounds, now we’re in the hundreds of thousands, making scratchcards and instant win games even more popular.

Many of our world lottery draws also offer scratchcards and instant wins and it’s hardly surprising given the popularity of the instant lottery games around the world. Scratchcards from the UK National Lottery and around the world have great odds too, you’re chances of winning an overall prize can be as high as one in three, making these instant win games even more appealing and a good bet for players.