Online scratch cards

We’ve all seen them…

Online scratch cards are normally available as free or real versions, the first of which you play for fun (though it’s debatable how much fun can really be had by repeatedly moving your cursor over a screen for no real purpose), the latter of which you play for a real stake.

Scratch cards are a form of gambling and as such should be regulated by the authorities in the country where the operating company is based. If they are operating in an unregulated environment, then there probably aren’t any laws governing how they can behave – not exactly favourable conditions.

If you come across games that claim to offer an instant chance of winning money, but which don’t first ask you to register or set up an account, our advice is to be sceptical as to their validity. Even ones where your name and email address are required are probably not doing enough to suggest that they are genuine offers. This is a common tactic for accumulating marketing information – your great chance of success can turn out to be nothing more than a ploy to enable the company in question to sell your details on to whoever will buy them.

It is possible to find online scratch cards that don’t involve you paying out any money, but which do offer some chance of winning. Many of these are simply advertisements that are encouraging you to click through, but very occasionally they are the real deal.

As a rule of thumb the safest ways to play online scratch card games are the ‘fun’ ones which involve neither spending money nor giving out your details, or to play the real money games available in established casinos. These games are playable for either a preset amount of money, or for a stake which you can control as with other casino games.

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