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A Ryanair passenger bought every scratch card available on his flight, hoping to land a big win.
Ethan and his friend Vik documented the whole thing on TikTok.
They bought 68 packs of scratch cards and enlisted help from other passengers to scratch them all off.
@vikkstar Will me @Ethan Payne & @bigw2s ♬ original sound - Vikkstar
How Did It Go?
Not well.
Vik, who goes by Vikkstar on TikTok, explained: “We are here on Ryanair and this man Ethan has bought every single scratch card on the flight. I’ve opened about 100 scratch cards, I’ve been opening these one at a time.”
He added: “We have not won a single thing. We have won nothing – no one has won anything.”
As they continued scratching, the lack of wins became almost comical. “You’re supposed to match three – I can’t even match two. We’ve lost again,” Vik remarked.
The pair were genuinely stunned they’d walked away completely empty-handed after buying the entire stock.
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Why Are the Odds So Bad?
This isn’t the first time Ryanair’s scratch cards have caused controversy.
The Irish Times reported in 2017 that jackpot winners aren’t automatically given the prize.
Instead, they’re entered into a secondary draw for the chance to claim €1 million.
The probability of actually winning the jackpot?
Approximately 1.2 billion to one.
Those odds are genuinely terrible.
For context, winning the Lotto stands at one in 45 million.
The EuroMillions odds are 139 million to one.
So Ryanair scratch cards are roughly 8.6 times harder to win than the EuroMillions.
And that’s already considered nearly impossible.
The Irish Times also reported that the €1 million jackpot has never been won since the scratch cards launched.
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