A Scratchcard A Day - Introduction

This blog exists because of this thing.

Last week I was in Ireland visiting my girlfriend and her being the awesome, kindhearted, lovely etc. person she is, she bought us a National Lottery scratchcard each. We sat in the car and scratched away, she won nada, I won €4. BOOYAH! I went back to the shop, claimed my prize, kept €2 and bought two more cards. Again we sat in the car and scratched, sadly, yet again she won nothing, but on the upside I won another €4! This was awesome.

I decided against claiming and buying another two tickets, mainly because the man in the shop didn't seem to like me very much when I'd claimed the first time, also I was worried about becoming trapped into a cycle of constant buying and scratching. Walking away now I was €6 better off. Partytime.

So I came home and had a dangerous thought, what would happen if I bought a scratchcard every day for a year? Would my winnings surpass my expenditure? Or should I just take £365 and set it on fire instead? Either way, it's something to do, and it can't hurt (unless the fire plan goes ahead).

I'm feeling lucky.