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If you\u2019ve been feeling like you cannot get a scratch card anymore from your local kushk, it\u2019s because there\u2019s been a shortage on the cards since the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) announced it would raise their prices by 36%. Mobile network operators have apparently been withholding new shipments of phone cards in order to clear out current inventory of scratch cards, a number of distributors tell Al Borsa<\/a>. Etisalat Misr had reportedly recently started distributing newly priced cards as of yesterday, one distributor said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve been feeling like you cannot get a scratch card anymore from your local kushk, it\u2019s because there\u2019s been a shortage on the cards since the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) announced it would raise their prices by 36%. 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