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Glossary of termsCOLLECTOR SCRATCHED: These are tickets that are carefully scratched so that they have a very neat appearance leaving as much of the latex design as possible. These are highly desirable compared to the non-collector scratched tickets. ENTRY TICKET: These are tickets that win a chance to be drawn from a pool of tickets that are mailed into the lottery for a prize or seat on a game show. INSTANT GAME or INSTANT TICKET: This is a lottery ticket that is bought, played and redeemed without waiting for a drawing to be held. LATEX: The material covering the "play area" on a scratch ticket. LOTOLOGIST: An individual who practices "Lotology" LOTOLOGY: The research, study and collecting of lottery tickets of various forms. Read about how the word came about. MINT TICKET or MT: This is an instant ticket that has not been played. The condition of a mint ticket is of utmost importance and should be free from flaws. PLACARD: These are large ticket posters for display by retailers (most often 6"x10") that show the ticket. Many show the ticket "unscratched" on one side and "scratched" on the other. PULL TABS or POP UPS: These are instant lottery tickets that have paper tabs that are pulled up instead of a latex covering that is scratched. RECALL: This is a game that has ended early due to a problem or mistake that makes the game unacceptable. REVERSALS: 180 degree reversals commonly referred to as "rotated reverse" or "reversals" are instant scratch type lottery tickets which are found with the backs of the tickets printed in two different directions for the same issue. Whether these reversals are by design or the result of error or oversight is of no concern. USED TICKET or SC: This is an instant ticket that has been played. The latex on the play area has been scratched to determine if the ticket is a winner. SAMPLE/VOID TICKET or S/V: A sample/void ticket is a sample of an actual game ticket. They usually have "VOID" on the reverse and within the ticket serial number. These are often referred to as "sample", "void" or "S/V" tickets. Many countries outside of the U.S. use the term "SPECIMEN" rather than sample/void. These tickets, highly prized by many collectors, are used for promotions and for giving retailers a feel for the ticket. |
