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I came across this article doing a Google search for Punch cards and punch boards. It stems from a discussion with coworkers about memories from our youth. I’m not sure if we are search the wrong term, but I have not found a single picture of what we were talking about. Back in the 1960’s and early 1970’s we recall punch boards with very small holes containing male and female names. At the top of the card was pictured an item being offered as a prize. Something small like a radio or a stuffed animal, or even blankets or towels. You would go around to friends and have them pick a name. When you punched the hole there was a number behind each name. The card listed the price you paid for your chance based on the revealed number, there were a couple marked “free”. The back of the card was lined with the list of names to record who played and the name they punched out. Once the card was sold out, the person passing around the card punched out the large hole that revealed the winning name. That person, and the card owner both won that prize. The money was mailed to the gift company that supplied the card. When the box came in the mail, you kept one of the prizes, and gave the other to the winner. Do they still have these? They are not the gambling type cards that you mention. But the type you speak of is all that comes up in a Google search too.