1 / 5   James Owen Thomas, a talented 17-year-old boy in North Yorks, England, has created hundreds of wonderful artworks out of discarded and recycled scratch cards. /VCG Photo

2 / 5   Thomas, who was diagnosed with autism at the age of three, started to collect and categorize scratch cards when he constantly spotted them on the streets since he was 13. /VCG Photo

3 / 5   As he amassed more and more scratch cards, he thought he could do more than just recycling them, thus coming up with an idea to make them into unique pieces of artwork. /VCG Photo

4 / 5   According to Thomas’s mother, making artwork was therapeutic for him because it gave him something to focus on and aim towards. /VCG Photo

5 / 5   Lotteries and scratch cards have become part of British people's lives. The average Brits spends around 416 pounds (561 US dollars) each year on lotteries and scratch cards, according to Daily Star. However, only half of people got the chance to win a penny on them. /VCG Photo