Beginner's Luck

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Price: $1

Discover Your Pot of Gold

Ladybugs, stars, lucky pennies, horseshoes, shamrocks, and pots of gold welcome you to Beginner’s Luck Scratchers®. Six charming ticket designs invite you to find what’s at the end of the rainbow—a TOP PRIZE OF $5,000!

 

Game Number: 1661

Overall odds: 1 in 4.34

Cash odds: 1 in 8.18

Odds and Available Prizes

Last Updated Mar 03, 2025 02:52:21 a.m.

This table reflects all Scratchers prizes for this game. After game start, some prizes, including top prizes, may have been claimed. Odds are rounded to the nearest whole number.


Go to Scratchers 2nd Chance program to submit your non-winning tickets for another way to win!

Prizes Odds 1 in Prizes Remaining
$5,000 240,739 77 of 77
$100 8,035 2,047 of 2,307
$40 1,993 8,172 of 9,303
$20 300 54,535 of 61,778
$10 92 178,125 of 200,809
$5 50 329,813 of 370,752
$4 48 343,915 of 386,301
$2 15 1,104,870 of 1,235,676
Ticket 9 1,801,366 of 2,008,162

  • Match 3 like prizes, win that prize.

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If your Scratchers ticket isn't an instant winner, submit your non-winning Scratchers ticket into 2nd Chance for another opportunity to win cash prizes in a weekly draw.


There are two simple ways to enter your ticket into 2nd Chance. Submit your ticket on the website by entering the first 13 digits of your entry code (see 1 below) and first 7 digits of your ticket ID (see 2 below). Or, for a fast and easy way to play, submit your ticket on the California Lottery mobile app by scanning the barcode (see 3 below). 


Check out the Scratchers 2nd Chance program for more information.

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