Fruit Machine Chat

This is another form of gambling that is really starting to piss me off now. I know hundreds of people who buy tons of scatch cards but don't know any who have won something major. In fact, it is that rare I remember it hit the national paper when someone won a rich for life one!! I could imagine some big lottery chief reading the article saying "Fredo, you fucking arsehole, you told me the boys were 100 percent sure my fictional people claimed all them top prizes, now am gonna have to call luca brasi, you are a pain in the arse."

Seriously though, anyone won anything worth walking up the shop to cash??

50 quid about ten years ago

waste of time now

chances of prize 1 in 4.whatever, but since that prize can be your stake back, its majorly distorted odds.


would rather stick a quid on red on the fobt

I bought my dad a £1 scratch card for christmas & he won £15,
3 years ago i bought him a scratch card for my dads birthday & he won £22.
Whenever i buy myself a scratch card i am lucky to win just £1.

hope thats not all you bought him for xmas, lol

Some scratchcards display a 1 in 3 chance of winning. However, they also consider a £1 return winning.

How have you won when you get a pound back?

should be stated that 1 in 3 is not a loser,lol.

£20 twice, not to bad seeing as i hardly bother.

I won a pair of slippers once.

I'm banned from buying these in my local post office. The guvnor said 'everytime you come in here you don't buy any stamps or post any letters, ur obviously just comin in to do my scratch cards. You get a win and then just leave.'

Shame, it was good for a few quid. If anybody wants it, it's the post office in Elmstead Market. Should get away with a few hits.

I shall get there for doors tomorrow.

Not a scratchcard as such. Does this count from the lotto machine in my local?

a few years a woman who lives near me won 250000 on a scratch card. it lasted about a year.

A mate of mine (who already has plenty)won a grand not so long back!

A mate of mine won £100 of a £2 pound one. He buys them often so it still results in a loss.

I've done a few £1 and £2 cards in my time. Most I've won was £9 and £15 from the 2 stakes respectively, and that's after buying around 30 of each type of stake over the years.

Online is worth a mention too (the Camelot web site). It's basically scratch cards but online. It was fairly entertaining back in my early 2006 days on the site. My weekly £8 limit lasted a while and I had the occasional raise. After February 2009 though, the gameplay went down the toilet, like the flick of a lightswitch. I would have like 3 consecutive £8 wagers not seeing a single winning game. A few more months into 2009 of similar behaviour, I thought "stuff it" and I excluded myself from Camelot instant play. (I still play lotto numbers though).

I had to have a chuckle at the mention of gameplay there Mr Move it.



An ex of mine once won 150 pounds on one ,she didn't even see it till I pointed it out.she did about a rennet a week though so she was looking at four figures ,at least,to be back in the black.