National Lottery Scratch Cards

STUART SAYS “The overall odds of winning are not too bad. And as we might have expected, just over half the prizes are for a refund – but that does mean just under half will return more than our stake – if we’re lucky enough to buy a winning ticket on our first go!”

STUART SAYS “It’s basically £2 Million Gold in a slightly weird new colour-way – white with bluey/purple hints. Overall odds have improved slightly compared with £2 Million Gold. But it’s not all good news… the odds of landing the £2 million jackpot have almost doubled.”

STUART SAYS “The £2 Million Red with a paint job. Same games… same blah blah!”

STUART SAYS “It's taken the crown from 'Deal or No Deal' as the £5 TV tie-in with the worst overall odds. Smashing! That said, it does look like a fun one, with plenty of gameplay – especially if you love The Chase.”

STUART SAYS “Is that the Banker on the phone offering a £1.5 million top prize? The TV gameshow is back as a scratch card… complete with the worst odds we’ve seen on a £5 card in over a year. I can't wait”

STUART SAYS “The latest monthly money-maker has arrived, and I’m definitely looking forward to giving this one a go. Overall odds of winning are ok… although if you’re hoping to win anything over £20, you'll probably be marking the date in your calendar when it happens!”

STUART SAYS “The Christmas staple is back – but this year with a new gameplay style. Long gone are 24 doors to scratch – this time, there are 32! It’s mainly matchy matchy, and a crossed fingers hunt in the bonus games.”

STUART SAYS “It’s more or less a carbon copy of the far more electric-looking 3-in-1 released last November (including that £7 prize!) – with exactly the same overall odds of winning. There's a slightly bigger print run this time, though – which has resulted in them making it harder to win prizes of £1,000+.”

STUART SAYS “This one is maxing out the theme – with prizes of £7, £70, £700, £7,000 and £700,000! The overall odds of winning are just a smidge off best in class for a £5 card.”

STUART SAYS “The minimum prize on Mega Rich is £10. But 98.6% of all prizes are just a tenner. The odds of winning more? Around 1 in 230. And a jackpot of just £500,000 on a card called Mega Rich. Maybe it really should have been called Mega Tenner!?”

STUART SAYS “Last year's Cash Bolt Boost dressed up as a £5 game! But it's got the best odds of any £5 game currently on sale for winning £25 (1 in approx 43). And they've printed more £10 wins than £5 ones – so if you get a refund, count yourself unlucky!”

STUART SAYS “No surprise here: it’s got the best odds of winning £1,000 on any current £5 scratch card. But expect plenty of £15 wins too… they should appear roughly 1 in every 18 cards.”

STUART SAYS “It’s basically Prize Portal reborn – same gameplay – but instead of a £1M dream, we’re looking at a top prize of £500. BUT the overall odds of winning are actually better than the last £500 Loaded”

STUART SAYS “The lastest in the £500 jackpot series. It's got the best odds of landing £100 and that top prize on any £5 scratch cards currently on sale. Most wins have been dumped in the bonus games – so keep an eye out for those crossed fingers.”

STUART SAYS “It’s a follow-the-arrows style game – until you hit the word STOP. But STOP doesn't mean game over – if you find ten snowflakes anywhere else on the tree, you win £20. And there's a bonus game too... so what's hiding under the tree?”

STUART SAYS “The familiar Cash Lines Christmas game is back. There’s still a multiplier – but unlike last year’s Winter Wonderland, there’s no bonus game this time around. And the overall odds are slightly worse than both last year’s festive edition and Loaded Lines.”

STUART SAYS “The overall odds are a tiny bit worse than Cashword Bonus. But there is good news: Extra brings the best odds of all £3 cards currently on sale for landing £100 or £1,000. Still ridiculously unlikely, obviously… just significantly more possible than on the others!”

STUART SAYS “Best odds of winning the jackpot on any £3 game currently on sale. But don't bother looking for the 'win-all' gold bars... they've only printed 124 of them – so you chance of finding one – 1 in 65,328.”

STUART SAYS “Think of it as last year’s Money Multiplier but in a shiny new outfit! Practically best-in-class odds at 1 in 3.14.”

STUART SAYS “The latest take on the old-school classic! Overall odds are slightly longer than the £300,000 Birthday version. And there’s an interesting thing I've spotted this time around: about 93% of winning cards will have just one winning symbol, rather than several wins combining to make our prize (so no £2+£2... just a straight £4).”

STUART SAYS “The overall odds are tougher than last year’s £2 Christmas game, Merry Match Bonus. And like that one, winning anything more than £10 will be a festive miracle. But don't miss the game on the back – does that make up for the poor odds?”

STUART SAYS “Better than average overall odds of winning for a £2 card. Expect to see a multiplier about once in every 22 cards.”

STUART SAYS “Now I like the look of this – if you win, you get the chance to multiply your prize TWICE! It's got the best odds of winning £1,000 on any £2 game. Still a tiny needle but the haystack is a smidge smaller than all the others!”

STUART SAYS “A fun looking card – with multiples of seven on the prize table (£7, £14, £35, £700!). A multiplier win will turn up on about 1 in every 28 cards.”

STUART SAYS “The first ever scratch card to feature the brand new National Lottery logo – and it’s celebrating with the best overall odds I’ve ever seen on a £2 card… a lovely 1 in 3.19”

STUART SAYS “The latest addition to the £100 line. Nothing exciting here. It has exactly the same overall odds as the £100 Tripler it follows – although the jackpot odds are the tiniest smidge more generous.”

STUART SAYS “Might be one of the most fun-looking releases we’ve had in a while! The overall odds are slightly tougher than some of the recent £2 cards we’ve seen – but it's lit up my best odds of winning chart for a £2 game for prizes of £4, £15, £40 and the jackpot itself.”

STUART SAYS “The familiar match 3 gameplay, now with a bonus game added in. Don't expect anything stunning back – more than three-quarters of the prizes are just for a refund or double your stake.”

STUART SAYS “A familiar name from a few years ago… gameplay-wise, it's like Double Match on steroids – match a winning number, find three identical cash amounts, or, new for this edition, reveal a party popper for an instant win. And despite that extra way of winning, the overall odds are exactly the same as Double Match.”

STUART SAYS “Best avoided if you don't like spiders! But it does have the best odds on a £1 game to win £1, £2 (not exactly earth shattering prizes) and £100 (now that would be better if you find that 1 in 35,089 card!).”

STUART SAYS “What was in the water when they came up with this game. Only TWO prize levels – £5 or £10… And the odds? 1 in 9.28. Yes – not a typo. At the absolute best, you break even. They might as well just take our cash!!!”