You’ve probably noticed the scratch cards that sometimes come inside magazines. They’re different to the online scratch cards and there’s a good reason for it.

Scratch games can be relied upon online and when you’re paying a fee to buy them from reputable scratchcards retailers. But the free scratch cards you’ll see in magazines work differently. They have huge prizes but each scratch card also has the potential to win much smaller prizes.

The scratchcard works because every ‘winner’ is supposed to call a premium rate number. Yes there might be big scratch cards prizes on offer, but most people will win a tiny prize that is less than the cost of the call they’ll pay for to receive it. You don’t get the problem with online scratch cards.

Stick to online scratch cards – they’re always safer!

When you scratch off a prize on a newspaper card remember everyone else probably has as well. You won’t discover what the prize is until you call so it will probably be something cheap. When you play scratch cards on reputable scratch cards sites you’ll be able to play with confidence as you know all the big prizes – and the little ones – are real.