Scratch Cards

Scratch cards are a type of lottery game that has been very popular for many years. Traditional scratch cards were made from cardboard and featured silver coloured panels on the gaming side. Scratching the silver panels revealed symbols printed underneath, and if the player revealed the correct symbols (according to the rules of the scratchcard in question) then they were entitled to win a cash prize.

Although traditional scratch cards are still available from convenience stores, social clubs and other retail outlets, the advent of internet technology has breathed new life into scratchcard games. No longer are you limited to drab and lifeless cardboard games. Instead, you can play online scratchcard games that feature sound, music, animation and a whole lot more interactive fun than ever before.

Win a Love Package!

Scratch2Cash and Hopa online scratchcard sites are celebrating Valentines Day throughout the entire month of February by giving away £115,000 worth of Love Package prizes. There are more than 400 Love Packages to be won, each one worth £250, and two Ultimate Love Packages worth at least £5,000 and £10,000, respectively. Even better, winners will be determined by raffle, so you don’t need any special skills to have a chance of winning!

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4th February 2010 11:07 AM

Free Cash at Ladbrokes Casino

Ladbrokes Casino offers a great range of online scratchcards, and regular readers will have seen our rave reviews of games like Mumbai Magic, Space Evader, Whack a Jackpot and more. Now Ladbrokes Casino has decided to encourage potential players to try such games for real money, but without spending a penny of their own. Yes, you read that right – for a limited period only, Ladbrokes Casino is offering all new players €/£50 worth of free casino chips, with no deposit required!

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3rd February 2010 1:42 PM

Turtley Awesome

Turtley Awesome is a totally awesome online scratchcard game at Ladbrokes Casino. As the name of the game suggests, this game features members of the turtle community, but the creatures here aren’t your run-of-the mill turtles. On the contrary, the turtles in this game are all enthusiastic surfers, so you can expect plenty of sun, sand and surf to brighten your day whenever you play. You can play the game for free if you just want to find out what it’s like, or you can bet anything from 50p per game and give yourself a chance of winning a top prize of 2,500 times your stake.

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1st February 2010 4:44 PM

Scratchcard Players Win Big

Two online scratchcard players are celebrating after winning €20,000 each – one at the Hopa site and the other at Scratch2Cash. Although the same online scratchcards can be played at both of those sites, the two wins were achieved with different games. However, those of you who like reading about coincidences will be interested to hear that both players live in France, and that both are understandably delighted with their five-figure success!

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26th January 2010 12:43 PM

Money Money Money

Money Money Money is an online scratchcard game at the National Lottery site that focuses squarely on one of the main reasons why people like to play in the first place – because of the money! This game isn’t shy about the financial incentive that online scratchcards offer. No sir! In fact, it provides you with one of the most money-centric gaming experiences that we have ever encountered, and we love it. Each card gives you a 1 in 3.4 chance of winning a cash prize, and the jackpot is worth a cool £100,000. Money Money Money is also packed with entertainment, because every scratchcard gives you three different games to play.

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25th January 2010 4:29 PM

Knights Battle

Knights Battle is an online scratchcard reworking of the traditional playing card game known as War. Whereas War can itself be an entertaining game, the fact that Knights Battle features superbly illustrated cards, atmospheric audio and the ability to play up to six games at once – all for cash prizes of up to £200,000 – make it a game that is particularly special. You can play Knights Battle at the Scratch2Cash site, where an average of 1 in 3 games is a winner, and that can create some very exciting moments…

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20th January 2010 1:37 PM

Mumbai Magic

Mumbai Magic is a colourful, vibrant and tremendously enjoyable online scratchcard title at Ladbrokes Casino. The game is based on the Bollywood movies that usually feature plenty of singing and dancing, so it is no surprise that Mumbai Magic is as tuneful as it is visually attractive. You can stake anything from 50p upwards on a single game (or play for free if you just want to try it out) and you can win up to 20,000 times your stake, so if you are lucky enough to have some Mumbai Magic on your side you could win yourself a fortune.

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18th January 2010 4:39 PM

Fairground Fortune

Fairground Fortune is a superbly entertaining online scratchcard game at the National Lottery site. What makes it so special is the fact that each card gives you three very different games to play, and you can choose which three games you play from a range of six. You can therefore mix and match different games every time you play . We’ve worked out that there are 20 possible combinations, so you will be kept busy for some time if you want to try all of them. Each card costs just £2 and you can win up to 9 times with every card. And for those of you who like to play for the jackpot, the top prize here is worth £45,000!

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14th January 2010 1:32 PM

Poker King

Poker King takes the hugely popular game of poker and makes it fun and enjoyable for those of us who like to focus on playing online scratchcards. The Poker King game can be played at both Hopa and Scratch2Cash, and you can play for free to try it out or you can play for real and give yourself a chance of winning up to £200,000. As with all sports-based scratchcards (yes, poker is technically a sport) you don’t need to know the rules to have a lot of fun playing or to win decent amounts of cash – just scratch the panels.

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12th January 2010 12:47 PM

Bowled Over

Bowled Over is a cricket-themed online scratchcard at Ladbrokes Casino, but you don’t necessarily need to be a cricket fan to enjoy it, and you certainly don’t need to know anything about cricket to play it. As with all online scratchcards at Ladbrokes Casino, you can try the Bowled Over game for free or you can pay for cards in order to try and win cash prizes. The minimum stake here is just 50p, and you can win up to 10,000 times your stake playing Bowled Over, so if luck is on your side you just might bowl yourself a small (or large) fortune!

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7th January 2010 4:05 PM

Because online scratch cards are wholly digital products, you don’t need to visit any traditional retailer to start playing. All you have to do is fire up your home computer, connect to the internet and purchase scratch cards online. The cost of online scratchcard games obviously varies, but prices start at much lower levels than you will find offline (some games can be played for free!), so you can easily enjoy a lot more gaming action online without spending a penny more than you would on traditional games.

Although most people tend to play scratch cards just for the fun of it, there are also cash prizes to be won. The size of the top prize on offer in any particular scratchcard game varies, but you can reasonably expect to win anything from a few hundred to a few thousand of your chosen currency if you happen to strike it lucky.

Online scratch cards are offered by a number of different web sites, and many of these will quite happily match any deposit you make with an equal amount of free cash, and this means that you can have twice as much scratchcard fun without increasing your outlay. For example, if you deposit £50 you might get an extra £50 added to your account, giving you £100 to play with. Some sites actually give you a modest amount of cash just for signing up so that you can try the games – and keep any of the cash you win – ‘on the house’!

Of course, not all web sites offering online scratch card games are equally reliable, and that’s why we here at scratchcards.net have a dedicated team of expert reviewers who scour the internet for the very best sites and the very best games. Want to know which scratch card sites offer the best bonuses? Or which scratchcards offer the most entertainment value for your buck? The answers to both of these questions and many more like them can be found right here!

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