Beginner's Luck
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 27, 2025 02:47:03 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 | 71 of 77 |
| $100 | 8,035 | 1,466 of 2,307 |
| $40 | 1,993 | 5,757 of 9,303 |
| $20 | 300 | 38,658 of 61,778 |
| $10 | 92 | 127,680 of 200,809 |
| $5 | 50 | 237,613 of 370,752 |
| $4 | 48 | 249,303 of 386,301 |
| $2 | 15 | 807,160 of 1,235,676 |
| Ticket | 9 | 1,329,235 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.
How To Claim Your Prize
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