If they were, you can be sure they would explain why it's as American as nickel slots and scratch-off games.

The "Flamingo Fortune" name was later used for a series of scratch-off games introduced by the lottery in 2013.

With numerous on-line and scratch-off games available, players have a wide variety of prize levels to choose from.

Within 17 days, the scratch-off game had paid back the entire $15.5 million to the state's general fund.

With top prizes ranging from $1,000 to $4,000, pull-tab games are similar to "scratch-off" games.

New York's lottery has a number of different games, including instant-win scratch-off games and daily numbers with relatively small payoffs.

And a new scratch-off game is being promoted: "Ticket to Ride."

Saferin said the best seller these days was not related to sports figures, but scratch-off games that play into the national fixation with poker.

Money that had been allocated for production of the show will be used for prizes for the lottery's scratch-off games.

The other six scratch-off games in circulation cost $1.