A lottery card holder and marking guide comprising a rectangular opaque base sheet and a transparent outer sheet aligned therewith, and joined with the base sheet along at least one edge thereof, the transparent outer sheet and base sheet being configured to hold a lottery card therebetween; the lottery card having imprinted thereon a multiplicity of wager sections, each wager section having imprinted therein a multiplicity of boxes arranged in rows and columns; the transparent outer sheet having a multiplicity of open slots arranged in rows and columns configured in the same pattern as the multiplicity of boxes in the wager sections so that when the lottery card is positioned in the holder and marking guide, each of said slots will be aligned with a corresponding box on the lottery card.