The Washington Lottery was formed in 1982 with a view to generate income for various state programs via the monies raised from the sale of its lottery tickets.

It is run by the government of Washington State.

As well as this, the Washington State Lottery is an active participant in causes that help to raise awareness about the risks involved due to problem gambling.

The Washington State Lottery, along with others, is a partner of the Washington State Patrol and helps support the Amber Alert Program across the state of Washington. The Amber Alert Program receives reports of missing or abducted children with the help and cooperation of lottery retailers and broadcasts this important information to the public.

As well as this, the Washington State Lotto partners with Page Ahead – a non-profit group that supports literacy at home in low-income families with children by providing donations of books.

The Washington State Lottery is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) the operate the huge Mega Millions lottery and offers MegaMillions as part of its portfolio of games.

Other games offered by the WA State Lottery include various scratch-offs, Keno, Hit 5, Daily Game Match 4 and its very own Lotto which is the game we will be looking at in greater detail here…

The Washington State Lotto is the main game in the Washington State Lottery range of products. It is a traditional, jackpot-style game and was introduced back in July 1984.

In the time since then, it has produced more than $1.5 billion in prizes for the lucky winners.

Jackpots for the Washington Lotto begin at $1 million and “roll over” each time it is not won. That figure is then added onto the following draw’s jackpot and increases in size each draw until somebody wins it when it will revert to the starting jackpot sum of $1 million once more.

The size of these lotto jackpot rollovers are dependent upon the number of lottery ticket sales – the more people who play – the bigger the rollover jackpot.

The Washington Lotto uses a single matrix of 6/49

Drawings for the Washington State Lotto take place three times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8pm Pacific Time (PST).

The WA State Lottery Lotto uses what’s called a 6/49 matrix for its Lotto game - which means that when playing the Washington Lotto, you need to select 6 numbers from a pool of numbers from 1 to 49 – if you match all 6 numbers drawn then you will be a jackpot winner.

In addition to the jackpot itself, there are 3 more ways in which you can win in the WA State Lottery, with prizes to be won on the Lotto if you match either 5 of the 6 numbers drawn, 4 numbers or even just 3.

A “Quick Pick” facility is available when playing the Washington Lotto very much the same as the “Lucky Dip” option that is used in the UK National Lottery or Europe’s Euro-Millions or many other USA lottery games – which means that you can ask the lottery retailer or computer to randomly select all your Washington Lotto numbers for you.

2 Lines For Just $1.00…

When playing the Washington Lotto you will need to select your 6 numbers twice as you will be getting at least 2 entries on this game each time you play.

So, playing the Washington Lotto is simple…just select your own 6 numbers or request them to be randomly generated for you by selecting the “Quick Pick” option.

So, the cost of each entry into the Washington State Lottery jackpot game, the Lotto is at the standard cost of $1.00 and for this, you will get 2 “plays” – 2 chances of winning.