I’ve got a lot of strange collections, and here’s one I don’t think I’ve shared before: video game themed scratch off tickets!

Both of the above are from 2017. To the best of my knowledge I’ve never been to Michigan so I imagine I purchased that in an airport. I think both are nicely designed and represent the game well.

This one (from 2018) surprised me when I found it in my collection, since I would have said NY has never had one of these ‘maze’ scratch off games. I like these sorts of cards and I think they themed this one well.

Isn’t it disappointing how today scratch-off tickets have become so mindless? The reason is that the various issuers found players had difficulty with more complex games and as a result everything is simplified now.

From 2014, the above is probably the highlight of my collection! This one is Australian and has two games on it oriented so it can be simultaneously played by two people! I wonder if I played this one with Bernard or Adam back in the day?

There’s been a lot of Pac-Man tickets over the years, and the above are from NY (2018), Australia (Unknown date, and two from 2025). Bernard sent me the two on the right for my birthday and I don’t think he believed me when I said I had a collection of others. Now he knows 🙂

Incidentally you’ll note how the NY and first Australian tickets are very similar in design. I speculate this is because there’s a few large lottery companies worldwide that make tickets for different countries and they may have been designed by the same firm.

And lastly, this Ms. Pac Man from Washington (State) that was also released in 2018. This one is a mystery since I’ve never been to Washington and don’t even remember flying through the airport! As you see it’s a clone of the first Australian Pac Man ticket which supports my theory they were all designed by the same group.

A quick search online reveals many more Pac Man and Frogger tickets, as well as a Galaga (!) one released by Texas some years ago. Tetris and Ms Pac Man seem much rarer though, and I had no success looking for any game-themed tickets outside of the USA or Australia.

Have you seen any others?