Virginia Lottery Powerball
"The Virginia Lottery Powerball – Twice a week from the Virginia Lottery"
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Current Jackpot US$ 80,000,000
VA Powerball – Powerball VA
The Virginia Lottery is 1 of 47 US State Lotteries & District Lotteries that offer the Powerball game – in this case the Virginia Powerball – as part of its overall portfolio of lottery games.
Powerball is a Multi-State USA Lottery that is run & syndicated across the USA by the MUSL – Multi State Lottery Association – and is one of the largest lottery games in the world having produced a record jackpot of an incredible US$ 1.58 BILLION in January 2016. This huge amount is the largest lottery jackpot ever to be won so far in the history of jackpot lottery games and – completely overshadowing the huge US$ 656 MILLION Mega Millions record jackpot which was created back in March 2012.
The very first Powerball draw took place on April 22nd 1992 with 16 USA Lottery companies – who were all members of the MUSL – taking part after the game changed its format and name from Lotto America which had originally started on February 13th 1988.
Tickets for the VA Powerball were first put on sale back on January 31st 2010 when the Mega Millions consortium – of which the VA Lottery is a member – entered into a cross-selling agreement with the MUSL – allowing the sales of Powerball in Mega Millions states and Mega Millions in Powerball states.
Virginia Lottery Powerball – How it Works
The Virginia Lottery Powerball works in the same way as the Powerball game works in all the States and Districts in the US that offer the game.
Jackpots start off at US$ 40 Million and ROLLOVER after each draw when the top prize is not won – increasing in size by at least US$ 10 Million each time – making for some enormous jackpot figures.
6 numbers are drawn in total for the Virginia Lottery Powerball from 2 separate drawing machines – firstly 5 numbers are drawn from 59 white balls and then 1 number (the Powerball) is drawn from 35 red balls.
Draws for the VA Lottery Powerball take place twice every week on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10.59pm EST.
There is also a Powerball prize multiplier facility available when playing that dramatically increases the size of a Powerball win and is called Powerball POWERPLAY.
POWERPLAY…
The Powerball POWERPLAY option is a fixed prize multiplier and will automatically increase the Powerball win to at least double the original amount – and is there to give players of the Powerball VA a chance to increase their winnings on all levels of the prize structure apart from the Powerball Virginia jackpot itself.
With the Powerball POWER PLAY option – you are easily able to multiply your winnings on these levels by 2x, 3x or 4x – greatly increasing the amount you will walk away with.
A Powerball non-jackpot 2nd prize of US$ 1 Million, for example, will be immediately doubled to US$ 2 Million when playing the Virginia Lottery Powerball using this Powerball POWERPLAY facility.
Virginia Lottery Powerball – How to Play
The aim when playing is to correctly select as many Powerball winning numbers as possible – and with 9 different ways in which you can win on the Virginia Lottery Powerball – you have a great chance of winning a prize.
There are principally 4 ways you can play the VA Powerball…
1. Pick 5 of your own main (white ball) numbers from 1 to 59 plus your 1 Power Ball (red ball) number from 1 to 35.
2. Pick 5 of your own main (white ball) numbers from 1 to 59 and use the Quick Pick option to let the computer choose your Power Ball (red ball) number for you from 1 to 35 – using a computer powered random number generator.
3. Use the Quick Pick option to let the computer pick your 5 main
(white ball) numbers from 1 to 59 using a random number generator – and then choose your own Power Ball (red ball) number from 1 to 35.
4. Use the Quick Pick option available to let the computer choose both your 5 main (white ball) numbers from 1 to 59 and also your 1 Power Ball (red ball) number from 1 to 35 using its random number generator.
You can use any of these methods whether you are playing the Virginia Powerball in-state or if you Play Powerball Online with an authorized online lottery ticket sales company such as TheLotter.
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POWERPLAY…
For just an extra dollar – you can choose to increase your Virginia Lottery Powerball winnings on all levels except the jackpot – by adding the Powerball POWER PLAY option when playing the Virginia Powerball.
If your chosen Virginia Powerball numbers match the Powerball winning numbers on any of these 8 prize levels – you immediately increase your winnings by either 2, 3 or 4 times – depending on what VA Power Ball prize you have won.
If you are lucky enough to match all 5 of the main Powerball winning numbers – the POWERPLAY multiplier will immediately double your prize to US$ 2 MILLION.
If you have won a 3rd level prize of US$ 10,000 – your winnings will be quadrupled to a much bigger US$ 40,000 if you play with the Powerball POWER PLAY option.
See the table further on down the page for full details of the extra winnings you can achieve with the Virginia Powerball POWERPLAY.
Virginia Lottery Powerball – Who Can Play?
In the past – you used to have to buy your lottery ticket in Virginia itself to take part in any of the Virgina Lottery games – this would have included the Virginia Powerball.
Today though – you are able to Play Powerball Online from right around the world due to the presence of genuine and fully authorized online lottery ticket sales companies like TheLotter.
So – if you reside outside of Virginia or the US – but wish to play any of the VirginiaLottery games including the Virginia Lottery Powerball – this is simple to do using the best lottery ticket sales companies – where you can easily buy lottery tickets online and save yourself a good deal of time as well.
The Virginia State Lottery requires that all players to be a minimum of 18 years of age before purchasing any VALottery tickets including tickets for the Virginia Lottery Powerball.
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Virginia Powerball Results
The Virginia Lottery Powerball is drawn every week on both Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10.59pm EST.
You can find the VA Powerball Results in various different ways to check your lottery tickets – and see if you have been lucky with the Virginia Powerball winning numbers drawn.
You can watch the VA Powerball winning numbers being drawn LIVE on the following television channels – WAVY (NBC) Channel 10 in Hampton Roads, WHSV (ABC) Channel 3 in Harrisonburg, WTVR (CBS) Channel 6 in Richmond and WDBJ (CBS) Channel 7 in Roanoke.
In addition to this all VA Lottery results are published on the official Lottery VA website – valottery.com – shortly after each draw has been made.
You will also be able to find out the latest VA Powerball Results from all VALottery retailers and various newspapers across the state and of course – you can always come back to Global Lottery Review to check the very latest Virginia Powerball results – any Previous Powerball Results – plus other Virginia Lottery results that you may wish to check up on.
Virginia Lottery Powerball – Odds of Winning
With 9 different ways of winning – and therefore a great chance of winning something on the Virginia Lottery Powerball – the odds vary from 1 in 175.22 million for matching all the correct Virginia Powerball winning numbers – right down to just 1 in 55 for matching only 1 correct number.
The overall odds of winning a VA Powerball prize are 1 in 31.85.
Here is an easy-to-read calculation table that shows you the odds of winning, the number of matches needed and the prizes you can win – on all different levels of the Powerball Virginia including prizes to be won when playing with the Powerball Powerplay option…
Virginia POWERBALL ODDS and PRIZES |
Prize |
Number of Matches |
Winning |
Prize with |
Odds |
1 |
5 Main + Power Ball |
Jackpot |
Jackpot |
1 in 175,223,510 |
2 |
5 Main |
$ 1,000,000 |
$ 2,000,000 |
1 in 5,153,632.65 |
3 |
4 Main + Power Ball |
$ 10,000 |
$ 40,000 |
1 in 648,975.96 |
4 |
4 Main |
$ 100 |
$ 200 |
1 in 19,087.53 |
5 |
3 Main + Power Ball |
$ 100 |
$ 200 |
1 in 12,244.83 |
6 |
3 Main |
$ 7 |
$ 14 |
1 in 360.14 |
7 |
2 Main + Power Ball |
$ 7 |
$ 14 |
1 in 706.43 |
8 |
1 Main + Power Ball |
$ 4 |
$ 12 |
1 in 110.81 |
9 |
Power Ball Only |
$ 4 |
$ 12 |
1 in 55.41 |
OVERALL odds of winning ANY prize are 1 in 31.85 |
Virginia Lottery Powerball – Record Jackpots
The Virginia Lottery began selling the Powerball game on
January 31st 2010 and now Virginia has produced a jackpot winner – as well as many lucky 2nd prize winners on the Virginia Powerball.
The biggest win to date on the VA Powerball has been the massive as yet unclaimed jackpot of US$ 217 Million won by Dave and Nancy Honeywell from Richmond on a ticket they had purchased at Richmond Airport on February 6th 2013 – the first Powerball jackpot to be won in Virginia State Lottery history.
Next to this – the 2nd biggest VA Powerball win so far was claimed by Darrell Burnette from Willis, Virginia who scooped a very nice US$ 2 Million on August 18th 2012.
Darrell struck lucky with the 2nd prize of US$ 1 Million which was automatically doubled as he had elected to play with the Powerball PowerPlay option.
Another winner of US$ 2 Million on the Virginia Lottery Powerball was Virginia Fike from Berryville who incredibly won US$ 1 Million TWICE on April 7th 2012 with 2 separate tickets!
Aside from this there have been many other winners in the State of Virginia of US$ 1 Million Powerball 2nd prizes.
VA Powerball – How Prizes are Paid
If you have won a Virginia Powerball jackpot – you will be able to claim your prize as either a cash lump sum or as an annuity payment – you will need to make this choice within 60 days of the date of your claim.
If you choose the annuity option – your VA Power Ball winnings will be paid to you in 30 installments over a 29 year period.
For all prizes on the Powerball Virginia – you will have 180 days from the date of the draw taking place – to make your claim before your VA Powerball ticket will become invalid.
If your win on the Virginia Lottery Powerball is up to US$ 600 – you will be able to claim your winnings at any of the Virginia Lottery retailers.
If you’ve had a win of US$ 601 or more on the Virginia Powerball you will be able to claim your prize either by mail or by going to one of the VirginiaLottery offices in Harrisonburg, Hampton, Roanoke, Farmville, Abingdon or Woodbridge.
If you have won a Virginia Powerball Jackpot – you can claim your prize at the VA State Lottery Headquarters in Richmond, VA.
You needn’t worry if you play lottery online with one of the genuine and authorized online lottery ticket sale companies like TheLotter – as part of their role is to look after all these details for you – making sure that you receive your winnings directly and in a timely manner.
VA Lottery – Other Games...
As well as the Virginia Powerball from the MUSL – the Virginia Lottery offers various other lotto games – some of which can be played just within Virginia itself – like Cash 5, Pick 4, Pick 3, plus Win For Life and numerous VALottery Scratchers.
Other Virginia Lottery games such as the huge Multi State lottery – Mega Millions – can be played from anywhere in the world.
We have fully reviewed the VA Lottery Mega Millions – which the Virginia State Lottery has been selling since back in May 2002 as a member of the Mega Millions consortium – you can read about it in more detail here.
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