scratch ticket
noun
variants
chiefly US scratch ticket
or chiefly British scratch card
: a card (such as a lottery ticket) having a small area covered by an opaque coating which may be scratched off to reveal hidden information (such as a prize)
won fifty dollars on a ten dollar scratch ticket
Examples of scratch ticket in a Sentence
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In a separate win, an Allen resident has also claimed a top prize worth $1 million in the Texas Lottery scratch ticket game Million Dollar Loteria.
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Jaida Joyner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024
The anonymous resident of Haslet claimed a winning ticket for one of the top prizes in the Texas Lottery scratch ticket game $5,000,000 Ultimate, according to Texas Lottery officials.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
Suds only began selling Idaho Lottery scratch tickets at the start of February, and the two winning tickets were claimed by people who know each other.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 12 Apr. 2024
Contributing to that pile were record-high scratch ticket sales ($4.043 billion) and record-high Keno sales ($1.226 billion).
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
Sales of scratch tickets, which generally account for 65 to 70 percent of all Lottery sales, totaled a record $4.043 billion, up 3 percent over the previous year.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
The odds of winning the scratch ticket's million-dollar prize are not stated on the site, only that a player's chances of winning change with every ticket sold.
—Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 26 May 2023
Joanie, who lives in the town of Cowdrey, recently won $250,000 on a 100X The Cash Bonus Draw scratch ticket, according to a press release from state lottery officials.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
According to an analysis of scratch ticket data from the Texas Lottery Commission, NYS Food Mart on Rigsby Avenue sold a ticket that resulted in one lucky person winning $5 million.
—Libby Seline, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2023
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Jaida Joyner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024
The anonymous resident of Haslet claimed a winning ticket for one of the top prizes in the Texas Lottery scratch ticket game $5,000,000 Ultimate, according to Texas Lottery officials.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
Suds only began selling Idaho Lottery scratch tickets at the start of February, and the two winning tickets were claimed by people who know each other.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 12 Apr. 2024
Contributing to that pile were record-high scratch ticket sales ($4.043 billion) and record-high Keno sales ($1.226 billion).
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
Sales of scratch tickets, which generally account for 65 to 70 percent of all Lottery sales, totaled a record $4.043 billion, up 3 percent over the previous year.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
The odds of winning the scratch ticket's million-dollar prize are not stated on the site, only that a player's chances of winning change with every ticket sold.
—Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 26 May 2023
Joanie, who lives in the town of Cowdrey, recently won $250,000 on a 100X The Cash Bonus Draw scratch ticket, according to a press release from state lottery officials.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
According to an analysis of scratch ticket data from the Texas Lottery Commission, NYS Food Mart on Rigsby Avenue sold a ticket that resulted in one lucky person winning $5 million.
—Libby Seline, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2023
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“Scratch ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scratch%20ticket. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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