scratch-off ticket

Coin-revealed prize game

A scratch-off ticket is a lottery ticket with a coating that conceals symbols or numbers underneath.

You scratch off the opaque layer—usually with a coin or fingernail—to reveal whether you've won a prize.

Also called a scratcher or scratch card.

She bought a scratch-off ticket at the gas station and won twenty bucks.

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Strategy of deliberate delay

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G