scratch ticket
noun
variants chiefly US scratch ticket or chiefly British scratch card
: a card (such as a lottery ticket) having a small area covered by an opaque coating which may be scratched off to reveal hidden information (such as a prize)
won fifty dollars on a ten dollar scratch ticket
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web On December 19, members can play an online scratch card game for a chance to win an eGiftcard of either $10 or $100. 
Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored, 3 Dec. 2020 Take a seat next to a local, meander over to the scratch card machine, and make some memories. Megan Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2019 Just a reminder that this is the last week for the Asurion scratch card contest, as well as our current spiff program paying out up to 4%. Danny Hakim, New York Times, 7 June 2018 Additionally, free scratch cards between the amounts of $5-$50 will be given out on Saturday, April 7. Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2018
Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored, 3 Dec. 2020 Take a seat next to a local, meander over to the scratch card machine, and make some memories. Megan Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2019 Just a reminder that this is the last week for the Asurion scratch card contest, as well as our current spiff program paying out up to 4%. Danny Hakim, New York Times, 7 June 2018 Additionally, free scratch cards between the amounts of $5-$50 will be given out on Saturday, April 7. Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2018 Word History
First Known Use
1977, in the meaning defined above