Do you buy scratchcards?

[al1991]

Bought a couple of those rich for life ones, and a couple of others recently.

Not a scratch (pardon the pun).

Don't think I'll be bothering again...

[JimNotJon]

Got to be in it to win it!

I have a punt every now and then when I use the kiosk at the supermarket, but I certainly don't go out my way to. Last nights Euromillions was an exception, and I wish I had never botherd!

[pugwash4x4]

£84 spent but current take is £135

thats over a 6 year period.

think lottery etc is a waste of time so i haven't quite worked out what i'm doing buying scratch cards!

[y2blade]

nope

[grumpy]

I bought one when they first came out, it cost me a pound. When I got outside and "scratched" it I found had won a pound, WTF.

I went back in and swapped the card for a pound coin, money back. I think I was supposed to to buy another one. Never again.

[robinhood21]

They are a get-rich-quickly scheme but, not for the punter. So no, I do not gamble with them.

[mrmr96]

Do you come here often? Thread on this last week. Conclusion? tax on the poor/stupid. Of course no one on PH buys them!

[Adz The Rat]

Me and my brother buy a few on payday, we always seem to win more than we lose.
Before christmas I saved every card I won for 6 weeks and had almost £100.

In the last couple of weeks my brother has won £100 twice, most I have won is £40.

[OnTheOverrun]

You have to admire the concept of an entirely voluntary tax that is taken up by people with such enthusiasm.

[anonymous-user]

Nope, i've never seen the fascination in that kind of 'gambling'

[Jasandjules]

I've bought a few in the past and won a fraction more than I paid out. But I don't buy them anymore.

[sirrahjay]

Never touch them. Remember a programme on TV where they bought 400 consecutive scratch cards and didn't even get close to winning their money back. Can't think of the programme name as it was a few years ago!

[Lil' Joe]

I saw a program where the host spent 5 x £100 on 5 different brands of SC. Won an average of something like £15-20 per £100 spent IIRC.

[Bigfatnath]

Couple of years ago i bought a 5 quid scratcy and won 500 quid.....

3 weeks previous i got 5 no`s on the lottery.......1088 squid

[RemaL]

i've not bought a lottery ticket or scratchcaard for got to be 10 years or more

[condor]

I don't buy scratchcards at all. My brother does, and thinks they make good birthday and Christmas presents. I've won the cost of a single card back the times he's sent me them and exchange it for coinage.

[al1991]

OnTheOverrun said:

You have to admire the concept of an entirely voluntary tax that is taken up by people with such enthusiasm.

[hooperpride]

Do it once a year for before Christmas dinner

[Merlot]

Never have.

[Hollywood Wheels]

Normally purchased by someone who looks like they can't actually afford it, then rubbed out like they are having a fit at the counter, rather than even waiting until they leave the shop.