Scratch card have many different names they are called scratch ticket, scratch offs, scratchiest and the German equivalent is called “Rubbellose”. This little piece of cardboard contains secret information which people have to scratch off. Especially at gambling scratching cards, players do this, to see if they have won a prize. But if some places on these cards are scratch, they lose their validity; players should only scratch everything of, if they are sure, they haven’t won anything. On the normal Scratch cards it is required to make a match of three prize amounts. There exist other variations of Scratch card, some are leaned off the Blackjack and Poker, others use symbols, pictures or simply words to match. Or they use various themes like Harley Davidson, Marvel Comics and the FIFA World Cup. The normal version consisting of cardboard, which was only available on streets, supermarkets and news stands found its way to the virtual world. The first lottery game supported by a computer was developed in 1974 by the American Company “Scientific Games Corporation”. Together with the company Pollard Banknote it’s the only manufacturer of those games. Playing scratching cards online is more interesting than the usual version, because it is accompanied with sound, music and animation and a lot of entertainment. It is not necessary to got to a store to buy a scratch card, the virtual version allows playing round the clock, you only need a PC with internet connection to buy the scratch cards, and it is the most uncomplicated game in the Internet. It is possible to see immediately if you won a prize, this is the fascination of this game and invites to scratch the cards. Also in Germany and Austria, the “Rubbellose” are very popular. See the German webpage for more information.
