“FDJ.
And see France win.
La Française des jeux wants to keep its slogan alive.
In a press release published on Friday, the company with more than 2,000 employees, announced the launch of a new scratch game.
After scratch games around sport, poker, signs of the zodiac or even comic books, the FDJ unveils “As of hearts”, the first scratch ticket in the guise of a playing card.
It will be available at points of sale this Monday and online on the official website of the one that distributes huge winnings during its draw games such as lotto or EuroMillions.
In 2017, online gamers generated 1.7 billion euros.
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"This new game from the illiko range allows you to win up to 500,000 euros for a bet of 5 euros and has a chance in 2.92 of winning a prize", assures the FDJ.
That's way more than EuroMillions for a much lower payout.
On the card, the FDJ integrates the codes of a card game for the first time.
We find clubs, spades, diamonds and especially the ace of hearts, in the center of the game.
Watch out for addiction
The "mechanics" of the game are broken down into three parts, reminiscent of other scratch game organizations of the brand.
With a first scratch, the player finds out if one or more of the cards match one or more winning cards.
At that time, the buyer earns the associated amount(s).
Ace of hearts
Another possibility, if the player discovers an ace of hearts under his cards, he wins 100 euros.
Finally, a third combination provides that if the player discovers an amount under the central heart, he wins it, explains the second lottery in Europe, fourth in the world.
In 2020, the FDJ had launched "Holidays" where, with a bet of 3 euros, players had a chance in 3.35 of winning a prize of up to 30,000 euros.
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In 2017, it was estimated that 19 million people played scratch cards, with sharp fingernails or a coin.
A figure that would have continued to grow.
More worryingly, it is estimated that nearly a million players suffered from addiction problems with these famous scratch games promising to pocket the jackpot.
Scratch games represented, in 2018, 49% of the bets recorded by the FDJ, or 7.7 billion euros.
Scratch ticket addicts are increasingly asking for help from SOS Joueurs.
This association constantly alerts the operator to scratching addictions which concern a third of the people it follows.
It was she who, a few years ago, had sounded the alarm about the screen draw game in bars, Rapido, which had finally been withdrawn by the FDJ.
