AN EXPERT has revealed the scratchcard which gives you the best chance of winning – but there’s a catch.
Stats published by the Smart Scratchcard website show that the National Lottery card most likely to turn up a prize is Full of £1,000s.
Thousands of top Full of £1,000s prizes are still up for grabs
The scratchcard has an estimated 1 in 2.94 chance of winning any prize, with two in three cards released in March still up for grabs.
Unfortunately, the catch is that the odds of scooping a top prize are much worse – 1 in 5,530.
The experts predicted that you would need to spend around £27,650 to be sure of winning a top Full of £1,000s prize.
Given that the top prize in the draw is £1,000, that hardly seems good value for money.
You’re much more likely to win just £5 – covering the cost of the scratchcard.
But hope springs eternal, with 2,340 top prizes still left for lucky punters to win.
The Gold Fever National Lottery scratchcard has the best overall rating on Smart Scratchcard, at 91/100.
Your odds of winning at least some money back are 1 in 3.43 – though this could be a small prize.
There is only one top prize left out of three though, and your estimated odds of winning the top prize are a slim 1 in 2,551,189.
A higher algorithm rating doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re more likely to win the top jackpot – it just means it’s the best score based on all the factors considered.
For example, the “Prize Ball” scratchcard algorithm rating is just 7/100 – but it has the second highest odds for winning the top prize – £500.
A spokesman for Camelot, which operates the National Lottery, said top-prize scratchcard information is also available on the National Lottery website as well as on in-store digital screens, at the point of purchase.
He said: “So even when there are no top prizes or only one top prize remaining, there are still lots of others available to be won from the remaining prize pool.”
“We adhere to a strict code of practice as approved by our regulator, the Gambling Commission, which sets out, among other things, the process we follow when the last top prize on a Scratchcard game has been claimed.”
For more information on gambling, you can visit:
- Gamcare – www.gamcare.org.uk
- Gamble Aware – www.begambleaware.org
