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Top lottery scratchcards costing only £1 with the best chances of winning revealed – are you missing out on a jackpot?

IF you're a fan of a scratchcard, you need to be strategic if you want to give yourself better chances of winning a jackpot.

Aspiring millionaires up and down the country will be dismayed to find out how their odds vary from scratchcard to scratchcard.

Your odds of winning big can vary hugely from scratchcard to scratchcard
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Your odds of winning big can vary hugely from scratchcard to scratchcardCredit: Getty - Contributor

A lot of people pick based on the design or what the top prize is - often choosing the one with the jackpot in big bold letters.

But with some costing up to £5, you'll want to know if you're money is being wasted.

We spoke to Camelot to find out which £1 scratchies have the best chances of winning - and explain your chances of winning big.

As always, remember that you're never guaranteed a win so it's important to not spend more than you can afford.

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£100,000 Green Doubler

This scratchcard offers 21 different prize tiers and there are three top prizes of £100,000 left.

The odds of winning any prize is one in 4.34 - though this could be a small prize of just a pound or two.

And your estimated odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 6,483,623.

£100,000 Red 

This scratchcard also offers a top prize of £100,000.

There are 27 different prize tiers, ranging from £1 to the huge jackpot.

Your odds of winning at least some money back are one in 4.26, which means you have a slightly better chance than the Green Doubler.

While the chances of winning one of the top prizes are 1 in 5,676,440.

There are nine top prizes of £100,000 left.

Gem Smash 

Gem Smash offers a top prize of £10,000, of which there are six left.

There are eight different prize tiers as follows: £1, £2, £5, £10, £20, £40, £100 and £10,000.

The odds of winning any prize is 1 in 4.32, while the odds of winning one of the top prizes is 4,062,390.

Money Tree Multiplier 

The top prize on the Money Tree Multiplier is also £10,000.

There are 25 different prize tiers with this scratchcard, ranging from the smallest amount of £1, a mid-tier amount of £100, all the way to the jackpot.

The odds of making a return on this £1 scratchcard is 1 in 4.18.

Of course, your chances will shrink significantly if you want to bag the top prize - you will have just a one in 1,948,392 chance.

But this is the highest odds of winning for winning the top prize currently.

Hot Money

The Hot Money scratchcard offers the smallest jackpot, but at £5,000 it's still not to be sniffed at.

There is a 1 in 4.42 overall chance of winning a Prize on each Scratchcard in this Game.

With 16 different prize tiers, you could win £1, £2, £5, £10, £20, £40, £100, £200 and £5,000.

There are just two jackpots of £5,000 left, so your odds of winning one of the top prizes are 1 in 2,056,320.

£100,000 Tripler Purple

There is a 1 in 4.26 overall chance of winning a Prize on each scratchcard in this game.

With 22 different prize tiers, you could bag yourself a prize of £1, £2, £3, £5, £6, £9, £10, £20, £30, £60, £90, £100, £1,000, £5,000 and £100,000.

If you want to bag a top prize, your odds of winning shrink to one in 7,059,180 - the lowest odds of these £1 scratchcards.

Meanwhile, a lottery expert has revealed the secret to picking your numbers to win big.

Plus, here’s how you can increase your chances of winning the lottery and it won’t cost a thing.

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