Scratch Cards

How to play scratch cards at an online casino?

Rules

When you buy a physical scratch card at the licensed shop down the road, you are given a colorful, thin card with the secret prizes covered with removable silver paint. You then just scratch off the paint with a coin or your fingernail if needs be, to see if any amounts or symbols matched and whether you won any prizes. 

Online scratch cards work in very much the same way, just with music and animation thrown in. The physical scratching part of the prize reveal can only be simulated in the online version. When you land on the game page, you choose your game or theme card. You then activate the game and the “scratching” happens automatically to reveal any matching symbols. 

Another important difference between online scratch cards and the store-bought ones is that the online casino may provide you with the ability to determine the size of the wager. That means you determine the value of the prizes! Once you’ve entered your choice, it is just a matter of proceeding with the scratching to see if you won. 

There are different rules for the various types of online scratch cards to keep in mind. In some cases, you will need to scratch off all the covered parts. Others will require only specific parts to be scratched. The rules for each game are available on the site where they are hosted. Always check those to ensure a proper understanding of the game before you make your bet. 

Online scratch cards also take a lot of administration hassles out of collecting your prizes. With traditional cards, you can claim your smaller prizes at a shop. For larger ones, you have to call a number to claim. If you scratched too many sections of a card, it might also be nullified and your prize canceled. 

Online scratch cards take away all of these hazards. Your prizes are instantly paid into your account and, since scratching is mostly automatic, there is no risk of over-scratch. Some online scratch cards also have free game rounds that may be won if the right conditions are met and an otherwise dry spell may well become a winning streak with a few of those.

Terms

The differences and similarities between traditional and online scratch cards are interesting to note. Both are available at licensed shops are all about that thrill of possible big wins. Both are quick solutions to a desire for inexpensive gambling. They are about revealing hidden potential – or the lack of it, and trying again if nothing was won. 

The phrase “scratch card” is just one name for these popular games of luck. They have been around since about the 1970s and have gone by many names. Depending on where in the world you are, you may hear them referred to as scratch-offs, scratch tickets, scratch games, scratch-and-win, scratch-its, or just plain old scratchers.

In the online gaming world, scratch cards is a collective term for games of chance that involve the revealing of hidden prizes. There is usually a requirement that, to win anything, several matching objects must be found. The “scratch” then, is really just the activation of the game to see what happens. The pay-and-see aspect is its main similarity to traditional scratch cards.  

Bonus scratch panels are also a common standard. If your quest in the main game went unrewarded, there is often an option to scratch a bonus icon to give it a last try. When it comes to the themed games, like Monopoly or Chutes and Ladders, don’t expect to play those games. Instead, you will encounter scratch games using characters and themes from those classics. 

Types of scratch cards available in online casinos

There is no end to the creativity and themes around online scratch cards. You will immediately notice that they offer a much wider variety of styles and themes than the traditional ones. Some of them resemble slot games more than cards, what with free games when you hit bonuses, vibey music, and flashy animation. 

The most common type of online scratch card is the match-and-win type that reminds of the store-bought type of card. You try to get an amount of money or a symbol to repeat three times to win or to give you access to bonus chances and other prizes. From there, things can get more involved, with games that take you on a virtual roller coaster of several games in one. 

A three in one game would typically start off with the match three amounts chance, followed by two opportunities to match specific symbols. All of this creates combinations of winnings and prize sizes that you can study in the game rules if you want to keep track of it all. Other games rely on adding up your revealed amounts in a panel to a total, which means you win that panel’s prize. The types and themes of online scratch cards are as varied as we expect from casino offerings. From traditional looking games to board game themes that provide a new twist on old favorites. You will find games based on Bingo, Monopoly, Clue, Uno, and even Scrabble. Online scratch cards bring this instant fun from the corner shop right into your house.