West Virginia Lottery
The West Virginia Lottery is run by the government of West Virginia. It is a charter member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). It offers games such as Powerball, Mega Millions, and scratch tickets. West Virginia also offers video lottery.
Jack Whittaker, arguably the most notable United States lottery winner, won his then-record Powerball jackpot on a ticket bought in West Virginia for the December 25, 2002 drawing.
The minimum age to play the West Virginia Lottery is 18, except in certain video lottery venues, where it is 21.
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[edit] Daily 3
Daily 3 is drawn Mondays through Saturdays. It draws 3 sets of balls numbered 0 through 9. Prices, prizes, and options vary.
[edit] Daily 4
Daily 4 is similar to Daily 3; except four ball sets are used.
[edit] Cash 25
Cash 25 is drawn Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. It draws 6 numbers from 1 through 25. The top prize is $25,000; games cost $1.
[edit] Hot Lotto (multi-lottery game)
Hot Lotto is played in 15 lotteries including West Virginia's; it is drawn Wednesdays and Saturdays. Hot Lotto, the only West Virginia drawing game where its numbers are drawn by a random number generator, draws 5 white numbers from 1 through 39, and 1 "Hot Ball" from 1 through 19. The jackpot starts at $1 million, increasing by at least $50,000 if there is no top prize winner. Hot Lotto also has an option, called Sizzler (similar to Powerball's PowerPlay); it triples non-jackpot prizes.
[edit] Powerball (multi-lottery game)
Since 1988, West Virginia has been a member of MUSL. Powerball's jackpots begin at $20 million; it is drawn Wednesday and Saturday nights.
[edit] Mega Millions (multi-lottery game)
On October 13, 2009 the Mega Millions consortium and MUSL reached an agreement to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball in US lottery jurisdictions. West Virginia joined Mega Millions on January 31, 2010; the first Mega Millions drawing involving West Virginia was two days later.
[edit] MegaHits
West Virginia, along with Delaware and Rhode Island, offered the video lottery game Ca$hola from 2006 to May 2011. Ca$hola produced 37 progressive jackpot winners. That game was replaced with MegaHits, which is offered in the same lottery-run casinos as Ca$hola, including West Virginia's four venues. MegaHits will feature a top progressive of $100,000; unlike Ca$hola, there will be five progressives (except for the top jackpot, MegaHits' progressives will be funded within each of the three jurisdictions.)
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