His first experimental work was a landscape, done with a pin, though the light-and-shade effect was not what he wanted. Barooah then used a blade instead of a pin to scratch the bromide.

Scratch-off tickets had a 66.7 percent rate of return in New Jersey last fiscal year, meaning more than two-thirds of ticket sales were returned to players in the form of prizes, Drucker said.

Maryland Lottery launches art contest to feature local talent on scratch-off tickets By Mary Carole McCauley | [email protected] UPDATED: July 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM EDT Move over, Henri Matisse.