Man buys every scratch card on Ryanair flight - and is shocked by the result

Daily Mail​

7 hours ago

A Ryanair passenger who purchased every single scratch card while onboard a flight has revealed his shock at the unexpected outcome.
Vikram Singh Barn, a British content creator and member of popular YouTube group the Sidemen, shared footage online of his friend Ethan Payne's extraordinary mid-air gamble in June.
In a video uploaded to Vik's page, @viktok, the influencer captured Ethan purchasing the entire stock - a total of 68 packs - of scratch cards available on the flight.
Fellow passengers looked on in disbelief as Ethan paid for the towering stack of cards balancing on his tray table, while a flight attendant stood by with a card machine, clearly bemused by the bizarre purchase.
During the beginning of their endeavour, Vik said: '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.'
As the scratching frenzy unfolded, even other passengers began chipping in to help - yet not a single winning card was found.
It soon dawned on the pair that no prizes were forthcoming, with one passenger in the background heard exclaiming: 'No one won anything.'
Vik added: 'You're supposed to match three - I can't even match two. We've lost again.' They couldn't believe they didn't win anything at all.
Towards the end of the clip, an overlay caption sums up their experience: 'We won a grand total of €0.'
The footage has since gone viral, with hundreds of stunned viewers flocking to the comments to share their thoughts.
Many commenters debated over the legitimacy of in-flight scratch cards, with some wondering if anyone ever really wins.
One person wrote, 'As funny as it is, Ryanair need to be investigated this is literally a scam,' while another joked, 'Ryanair's social media team seem to be quiet for once.'
A third wrote, '100% they won't allow mass buying on the flight again lol,' as another mused, 'I wonder how many people have ever won money on those.'
Another viewer observed: 'Why would anyone say if they'd won something just quietly slip into a pocket.'
But one Ryanair flight attendant warned: 'I am cabin crew for Ryanair and there is soo much more than you don't know, they can't sell you that many... There is a limit spend per passenger. Crew in trouble?'
One Ryanair passenger recalled: 'I remember winning like £26 of onboard vouchers. When asking to buy something I heard the cabin crew say "Someone's actually won" - that's how slim your odds are.'
The footage has since gone viral, with hundreds of stunned viewers flocking to the comments to share their thoughts
MailOnline has contacted Ryanair for comment.
It comes after a doctor has hit out at Qantas after she splurged $15,000 on business class flights only to miss out on the dinner service.
Dr Katie Waldman was flying 10 hours from Melbourne to Tokyo with her daughter last week when she waited 30 minutes for her food - before a flight attendant finally admitted they had 'run out'.
'I'm with my four-year-old Amelia and $15,000 or thereabouts is what I've paid for our flights return and I just would've expected the service to be a little bit better,' she said in a TikTok chronicling the incident.