Scratchcards for Syndicates

 

Lottery syndicates are well known for allowing players to increase their chances of winning big jackpots in draw-based lottery games by pooling resources to buy more tickets, but what about the idea of playing lottery scratchcards as a syndicate? Could there be just as many advantages to playing scratchcard games as part of a syndicate, or do the smaller prizes that are available in scratchcard games make such an approach a waste of time? In this article we explore the pros and cons of scratchcards for syndicates so that those of you who already belong to a syndicate can decide whether to add scratchcard games to your current activities. Those of you who don’t belong to a syndicate can also decide if it would be a good idea to start one.

The main advantage of belonging to any type of lottery syndicate is the fact that you can share the cost of tickets with other members, so you will enjoy a greater chance of winning without necessarily increasing your outlay. For example, if you and nine other people each buy one lottery ticket each, you all enjoy ten chances of winning for the same price as a single ticket.

This same advantage applies just as much to lottery scratchcards as it does to lottery tickets in draw-based games. The only difference is that you will have to agree on who will be responsible for scratching the tickets (or playing virtually if you buy online scratchcards). Who plays the scratchcards that you purchase as a syndicate doesn’t change the odds of winning one bit, but agreeing on such matters beforehand will help to ensure that no arguments arise later.

Another advantage of playing lottery games as a syndicate is that responsibility for playing lottery games and checking tickets can be shared. This allows members to take holidays without worrying about missing any lottery draws or forgetting to check their numbers afterwards. Again, the same advantage applies when a syndicate purchases lottery scratchcards on a regular basis.

So what, if any, are the disadvantages of lottery syndicates playing scratchcards? Well we can only think of one possible quibble and that is the one we mentioned in the introduction to this article – that the top prizes tend to be worth considerably less than the jackpots in draw based games. Whereas you can play for a jackpot of £13 million or more in a game like EuroMillions, you might only be playing for a jackpot of £100,000 in a scratchcard game. You would still get a thrill from winning, of course, but when the prize is shared between several members it wouldn’t have quite the same impact as a draw-based jackpot would.

Whilst that last possible disadvantage might be enough to put some people off playing scratchcards as a syndicate, you also have to consider the fact that the odds of winning a scratchcard jackpot are much better than the odds of winning a EuroMillions jackpot. Playing scratchcards as a syndicate on a regular basis could therefore result in you winning on a regular basis.

Lottery syndicates will always focus on buying lottery tickets for draw-based games, and rightly so, but we think that there is also a place for scratchcards. If you agree then why not take a look at the scratchcards that you can play online and suggest the idea to any syndicate that you belong to? Or, if you don’t belong to a lottery syndicate already, think about forming one so that you can all play scratchcard and draw-based games on a regular basis. Who knows – it just might be the thing that helps you land a few more lottery wins!

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