scratch ticket

noun

variants: chiefly US scratch ticket or chiefly British scratch card

Definition of scratch ticket

: 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

Recent Examples on the Web On December 19, members can play an online scratch card game for a chance to win an eGiftcard of either $10 or $100. — Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored, 3 Dec. 2020 Take a seat next to a local, meander over to the scratch card machine, and make some memories. — Megan Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2019 Just a reminder that this is the last week for the Asurion scratch card contest, as well as our current spiff program paying out up to 4%. — Danny Hakim, New York Times, 7 June 2018 Additionally, free scratch cards between the amounts of $5-$50 will be given out on Saturday, April 7. — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2018

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“Scratch ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scratch%20ticket. Accessed 27 Jun. 2022.

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