Scratch Cards

The odds of winning state the chance of a ticket winning a prize. The advertised figure counts stake refunds as wins, so the chance of actually gaining money is several times worse than quoted.

Overall odds are the chance that a ticket wins any prize, including a refund of the ticket price. They are the figure advertised on scratch cards and they overstate the practical chance of winning.

A prize tier is one level in a game's prize structure, from the top jackpot down to a stake refund. Most of a scratch card's advertised return sits in the lowest tiers, which frequently just give your money back.

Remaining prizes are the unclaimed prizes still available in a scratch card game. Because prizes are pre-allocated to a finite print run, a game with its top prizes already claimed is genuinely worse value at the same price.

A scratch card is an instant win ticket with a coating you remove to reveal whether you have won. Prizes are pre-allocated across a finite print run, so tickets can still be sold after all top prizes have been claimed.

A second chance draw lets you enter losing tickets into a separate prize draw. It recovers a small amount of value from tickets that would otherwise be worthless, though entry rates are low enough that odds are often decent.