Scratch paper, then, likely owes some of its success in American usage to the fact that it happens to resemble the more widespread scrap paper. That would make scratch paper a potential ...

Yet the scratch ticket as a consumer item has only existed for fifty years. Not so long ago, the idea of an instant lottery, of gambling with a little sheet of paper, was strange.

BATAVIA, N. Y. -- Scratch-offs tickets are big business in New York. According to the gaming commission last month New Yorkers spent about $360 million on instant win games, but for some those ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New Yorkers have double digit chances to become a millionaire for just $5. The New York Lottery has various $5 scratch-off games with top-prizes ranging from $250,000 to $1 ...

Andy Ashkar, N.Y. man, gets up to 25 years in prison for stealing $5M scratch-off lottery ticket By Crimesider Staff July 23, 2013 / 6:05 PM EDT / CBS News ...