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 “eggcorn ...

A 19-year-old from Midwood is the latest winner of the New York Lottery’s Millionaire instant scratch-off game. Waquas Mazhar, a student at Kingsborough Community College, is one of four New York ...

Scratch cards, also known as scratch-offs or scratch-and-win cards, first appeared in the late 1970s. They were invented by American computer scientists John Koza and Daniel Bower.