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

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Their infamous confetti animations celebrating first trades—along with digital scratch tickets and game-like features—made serious financial decisions feel like casual mobile games. Par Chadha, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 The resident, who remains anonymous, claimed a top prize-winning ticket worth $1 million in the scratch ticket game called $1,000,000 Crossword, according to a news release from the Texas Lottery Commission. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2025

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First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of scratch ticket was in 1977

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“Scratch ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scratch%20ticket. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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