About ScratchGames
ScratchGames is an independent UK guide to scratch cards — the paper kind you buy at a newsagent's and the digital kind you find in a casino's instant-win lobby. We built this site because scratch cards get a fraction of the attention slots do, despite being one of the simplest, most self-contained games in gambling: buy in, reveal, know the result in seconds. That simplicity deserves straight, unhyped information rather than marketing copy dressed up as a review.
What we actually do
Every online scratch card review on this site starts from real data: the game's name, provider, release date and, where the operator publishes one, its RTP. We pull this from SlotsLaunch, an aggregator that licenses game data and demo access from studios, then we write the editorial around those facts — what the card is, how it plays, and what to actually check before you stake anything. If a fact isn't confirmed, we don't state it. If we can't source a game's artwork, it doesn't get listed at all.
On the National Lottery and other physical-card side, we work from publicly available information — price tiers, how odds are printed, how "prizes remaining" data is published — the same information any player could look up themselves, just gathered in one place.
Facts before flair
We don't invent statistics or round-trip vague claims into confident-sounding numbers. If a figure isn't published by the studio or operator, we say so rather than guess.
No thumbnail, no listing
Every game we cover has real artwork on file. We'd rather cover fewer games properly than pad the list with cards we can't actually show you.
Neutral, permanently
Our "where to play" section stays operator-neutral because we don't run affiliate links — there's no commission riding on which casino you pick, so we've no reason to steer you anywhere.
How we make money
We don't run an affiliate programme, and this site carries no affiliate links to casino operators — nothing here earns us a commission if you sign up anywhere. That's a deliberate choice, not a placeholder: it's also why our where-to-play guidance stays neutral and doesn't name specific operators. We'd rather explain how to vet a licensed operator yourself than have any financial reason to point you toward one over another.
What this site isn't
We're not a gambling operator, we don't accept bets or stakes, and nothing on this site is financial or gambling advice. Scratch cards — like every other form of gambling — are built with a house edge, meaning the odds favour the operator over the long run. We treat that as the starting fact of every piece we write, not a footnote. See our guide on whether scratch cards are worth it for the full picture.
How we picked the format
Scratch cards are a genuinely underserved corner of gambling content — most sites cover slots almost exclusively, and treat scratch cards as an afterthought if at all, despite the format being one of the oldest and most self-contained in the industry. We built ScratchGames around the idea that a narrower focus done properly beats a broad site that treats every game type as interchangeable. That's also why we split coverage between the online casino side and the physical National Lottery side rather than picking one — most players who like one have at least tried the other, and the two markets are regulated differently enough to be worth explaining separately.
The team
ScratchGames is operated by Amy Cooper, registered at 15 The Homend, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1BN, United Kingdom — the same details published in our footer on every page and in our Privacy Policy. For editorial queries, corrections or anything else, email [email protected] or use our contact page. We think that transparency matters more on a gambling-adjacent site than almost anywhere else online.
Straight answers
Are you affiliated with any casino operator?
No. We don't run an affiliate programme and carry no commission-earning links to any casino operator, so no single operator has any financial influence over our editorial content.
Where does your game data come from?
Primarily from SlotsLaunch, a licensed game-data aggregator that provides thumbnails, provider information and demo access on behalf of the studios that build these games. We don't fabricate any of the specification data you see on a review page.
Can I suggest a game or correct something we got wrong?
Yes — please use our contact page. Corrections are exactly the kind of message we want; we'd rather fix an error than leave it live.
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