Scratchcard lottery craze grips Bulgaria Stoyan Stoimenov is one of many caught up in a recent scratch card lottery craze in Bulgaria. The 96-year-old World War II survivor from the small neighbourhood of Tsarkva, just outside the capital Sofia, won 5,000 leva (2,500 euros) in February and keeps buying a ticket or two almost every day, both for the thrill and with the hope to win again. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES