What Is Scratch-Off Game Cards? Scratch-off game cards are game cards wherein you scratch off a covered area of the card to reveal the game that you are to play. A type of UV ink, silver but can also be colour coated, cover an area of the card to hide a group of characters such as numbers, letters, figures or shapes. Depending on the type of game, usually a matching game, if you match similar characters or form a pattern or puzzle pieces, you win a certain prize. Scratch-off game cards are printed with pre-determined prize. Unfortunately, not all cards are winning cards. Most of them are losing cards. It is even possible that not a card is a major winning card. It is also possible that only a few cards are winning cards and only pay out minor prizes. How To Play Scratch-Off Game Cards? When you buy a scratch-off card, you scratch the UV ink off an area of the card to reveal the game or the prize amount. Scratch-off game cards vary. Common type of scratch-off game cards are matching games. For example, if the card reveals three the same prize amount, you win that prize. Another example is a tic tac toe game wherein you match the same numbers or figures horizontally, vertically or diagonally. What is the Probability of Winning from Scratch-off Game Cards? Your chance of buying a winning scratch-off card depends on a number of factors. If the purpose is to earn profits, capitalists produce scratch-off game cards in large quantities, like a million prints. The big major prize is a tease to attract gamers but you'd be lucky if such prize exist. Purposely, only the minor prizes are given out. Your Odds of Winning The number of winning cards and the price amounts are pre-determined even before the cards are printed out. Unlike the lottery, the numbers are not actually random but only a simulation. Theoretically, the smaller the payout prizes, the chances of winning are more probable; but of course, the chances of losing is much more possible. In a game of chance such as the lottery and scratch-off card games, the probability of losing is always 99. Think in the point of view of a capitalist. Are you willing to risk your money without a 100% return? The lottery and other game of chances were invented to accumulate funds. It is always for profit and never for charity. Therefore, each time you buy a ticket or a scratch-off game card, be prepared to lose because most likely you are not going to win. The very slim chance of winning relies heavily on luck. Play for fun, not for money. Don't risk so much cash. For each ticket or card you buy, counterpart it by saving the same amount. Busting the Scratch-off Cards The following is a hypothetical view why playing scratch-off game cards is more like losing than winning the game. As subject of the study, the Red Hot 7's scratch-off game by PCSO is used for the study. For a similar study, read this post to find out when playing scratch-off cards. You may also read this by testing a series of 10 cards and 20 cards. Further Assumptions For the reason that we have no access to factual data, the following theories are presented. This is based on the series 000-000000-001 to 999-999999-999 that you can see printed on the card. The number of cards are calculated with this formula: 999 x 999999 x 999. That means, only 0. That means further, for every 391 cards is a winning card. If that is the case, the scratch-off card game will not be commercially effective for the reason that only a few customers are going to experience winning the game. A solution therefore is to increase the volume of winning cards minor prizes by allotting around 76 billion cards as minor winning cards; and only 10 million cards for the major prize. In such case, for every 13 cards is a winning card of a minor prize. Summary of Tests Conducted The following is a summary of the tests done involving scratch-off cards. The objective of this study is to find out the interval of winning cards. To say it in another way, how many scratch cards should you buy in order to profit? Not just win, but to profit. Playing Red Hot 7s is based on the game Tic Tac Toe. Match three 7s horizontally, vertically, or diagonally to win a prize. In this type of game, the most essential position is the number 7 in the middle. If the middle box is not number 7, you will miss any chance of winning the major prizes. Notice that for every batch of card, there's only one card with 7 in the middle. To find out the chances of winning, start by trying 5 cards with consecutive numbers in a series. Series 109-352610-031 to 035 For the first test, the cards tested were numbered 109-352610-031 to 035. None of the cards were a winning card. Series 109-352807-071 to 074 For the second test, five cards numbered 109-352807-071 to 074 were tried. Two of the cards were winning cards. Series 109-373666-027 to 031 The next batch of cards are numbered 109-373666-027 to 031. Ten 10 Red Hot 7s Scratch-off Cards In this batch, not 1 card contained 7 in the middle. That means no chance of winning a major prize. Series 116-011035-091 to 100 So far, on the average, 10 cards may produce 2 winning cards but that doesn't
