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The best scratchcards to buy in the UK
The best scratchcards to buy will be the ones with the best combination of price, prize and shortest overall odds. We have games with odds as low as 1 in 1.16 and boast two games with the best odds of hitting their top prize in Britain!
What are the best scratchcards to buy in the UK?
Here is a good selection of our Instant Win games with the best overall odds.
| Name: | Price: | Top prize: | Overall odds of winning: |
| Super Cash | 50p | £10,000 | 1 in 2.32 |
| Red Ruby | £5 | £25,000 | 1 in 2.15 |
| Bananarama | £2.50 | £25,000 | 1 in 2.08 |
| Coin Conqueror | £1.05 | £105,000 | 1 in 1.75 |
| Bingo (Large) | £2 | £25,000 | 1 in 1.36 |
| 7Up! | £1.40 | £77,777 | 1 in 1.16 |
Which scratchcard is the best for YOU will depend on your own preferences. For example, you can play Bingo with Large, Medium and Small stakes, with the same great odds whether you stake £2, £1 or just 40p. It changes the max jackpot: £25,000, £12,500 and £5,000 become the most you can win in a single game.
We've broken the answers to the question down to components; the best odds, the cheapest to play and finally those with the biggest jackpots.
The best odds
When it comes to National Lottery scratchcards, you get the best odds on the £5 cards.
Roughly speaking, your odds of winning on a £5 game are one in four.
This includes break even cards (where you win £5). However, each game will have slightly different odds - you can read this information on the back of the card to get exact odds for the particular variant you are playing.
Instant Win scratchcards from The Health Lottery give you much better odds on many of their available options. Our Stuffed with £100s game offers the best odds in Britain for winning £100 - with 1 in 2.99 odds of a winning ticket. Or, try our 7Up! Bundle - seven opportunities in one means you get incredible overall odds of 1 in 1.16!
How much are scratchcards?
The cheapest scratchcards offered by the National Lottery are their £1 games. Typically, the winnings on these lower cost tickets are not as big, to make up for their cheaper price, so don't expect to win life-changing amounts of money on a £1 scratcher.
Here at The Health Lottery, we offer a number of Instant Win scratchcards that are even cheaper.
In fact, we have many games that cost less than £1 to play. Here are four of the best:
- Super Cash is 50p a card, with a jackpot of £10,000
- Elite of Evil can be played for 50p, with a £1,000 jackpot
- Super Shamrock is 15p with a jackpot of £1,500
- Cheapest of all is Horseshoe Scratch at just 10p with a £1,000 jackpot
The highest jackpots
If big jackpots are what you're looking for, then the best Health Lottery scratchcard for you is Coin Conqueror, which is a scratchcard bundle with the potential to win a maximum jackpot of £105,000! You can read all about this game and many others here.
The National Lottery have some very high jackpots available in their scratchcards, although these tend to have much lower odds of winning.
And, in case you were wondering, you can read all about what winning big on a scratchcard could mean for your tax position here.
Top tips from The Health Lottery
It's fun and easy to play online, but here are a few tips to make the experience more enjoyable:
- Only play on genuine online lottery sites or apps like The Health Lottery or other reputable games sites like Health Games
- Use a unique and secure password for your online lottery account. Never use a password that you are using for another account
- Make sure that any minors in your household don't have access to your lottery account or any lottery scratcher apps on your phone.
- Learn how to spot phishing emails, phone calls, and messages which may attempt to convince you that you have won a non- existent lottery prize or may try to trick you into sharing your login credentials or sensitive financial information. You can take this one step further and report any phishing attempts to the authorities, and to the lottery provider if they are spoofing a legitimate lottery. Make sure to share this information with anyone else you know who plays the lottery, especially elder, as they are the most frequent victims of scams.
- Set a budget and pay careful attention to how many scratchcards you buy so you don't exceed your budget.
Whatever you choose, please make sure you play within your means, and if it stops being fun, stop playing! Remember, playing online scratchcards is gambling and players should be 18+ and BeGambleAware.
Online scratchcards FAQs
Can you buy scratchcards online?
Yes, you can buy and play scratchcards online at www.healthlottery.co.uk Log in or register, choose a game and have some fun!
How do online scratchcards work?
Online scratchcards work like printed ones but you reveal the panels on screen so no need to find a coin (and no flaky silver litter!). You buy a game, uncover the symbols and any winnings (up to £2,000) are paid straight into your online wallet. Larger prizes (and you can win up to £105,000 on some of our Instant Win games) will require you to contact us so we can verify you and make sure we're paying your winnings to the right person!
How much do online scratchcards cost?
Online scratchcards and Instant Win games at The Health Lottery start from 10p a game. Higher-priced cards often offer bigger top prizes and superior odds. All of our games will tell you what the odds of winning something are.
Do online scratchcards go out of date?
There's a whole article about this here. But, Spoiler Warning, the short answer is no, they don't!