Scratch n' Match

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Scratch n' Match is a sweepstakes promotion from the New York's Daily News. The promotion has been held throughout the Spring and the Fall since September of 2004. They recently began distributing new game cards on Sunday, August 27, 2006 and will run up until the week before Christmas. In March 2005 an error on an number was published and then when people followed that wrong number hundreds of people won and they flooded the NY Daily News building. Later Daily news said that the number was an error it was supposed to be different number and a lot of people never got the money.

[edit] How to win

A scratch-off game card is included with the Sunday paper. Each card has eight scratch-off areas with 15 spaces -- one for each day including two for Sunday. To win, you scratch off spaces corresponding to the number printed in each day's paper. If three like cash amounts win, you win that amout of money.

[edit] Prizes

The top prize has changed since the game was first released. At first, the top prize was $100,000. In September 2005, the top prize began at $100,000 for the first week and increased by $10,000 every week -- $100,000 the first, $110,000 the next, up to $250,000 the final week. In 2006, the top prize was $1 million, but only 3 were offered with two out of the three being won. The current version goes back to offering $100,000.

[edit] Misprint Incident

In March, 2005, the Daily News printed incorrect numbers to be scratched off, leading thousands of angry subscribers demanding their $1 million. In the end, a second lottery was held between those people to determine who will receive the million.^[1]