Virginia lottery wheels
Virginia has 2 lotto-style games: Bank a Million and Virginia Cash 5. It also sells Powerball, Mega Millions and Millionaire for Life. Choose a game to mark your numbers and see what each wheel guarantees, or read on for how the Virginia games compare and how to play a wheel there.
Virginia lotto games compared
| Game | Numbers | Per line | Draws a week | Top prize | Top prize odds | A small wheel* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank a Million | 6 of 40 + drawn Bonus Ball | $2 | 2 | $1,408,451 (about $1 million after tax) | 1 in 3,838,380 | 10 numbers, 10 tickets, $20 a draw; comes into play on 1 in 6.5 draws |
| Virginia Cash 5 | 5 of 45 | $1 | 7 | Jackpot, from $200,000 | 1 in 1,221,759 | 10 numbers, 17 tickets, $17 a draw; comes into play on 1 in 15 draws |
* The smallest wheel that guarantees a three-number match whenever three of the winning numbers are among the ones you mark. Each game's page has bigger and smaller wheels.
Which Virginia game suits a wheel?
- For a guarantee that comes into play most often: Bank a Million. With 10 of its 40 numbers marked, three winning numbers land among yours on 1 in 6.5 draws, about once every 3 weeks.
- For the lowest cost per line: Virginia Cash 5, at $1 a line.
- For the longest odds and usually the biggest top prize: Bank a Million, at 1 in 3,838,380 per line.
Buying tickets in Virginia
- You can buy them online on the lottery's own website and app, as long as you're in Virginia.
- Ticket courier services aren't allowed in Virginia.
- The lottery's app can turn your numbers into a digital playslip, a QR code the retailer scans. That's the quickest way to enter a wheel's lines.
- Paper playslips must be official ones marked by hand; printouts and copies are refused. Copy each line onto a playslip, or read your lines to the clerk.
For official rules, results and retailers, visit the Virginia Lottery. LotteryWheels.com is independent and not part of the Virginia Lottery.
National games in Virginia
Cash4Life ended in February 2026; Virginia now sells Millionaire for Life.
Other Virginia Lottery games
The Virginia Lottery also runs Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5, Keno and Cash Pop. Wheels don't apply to those: they only help with games where you pick several numbers from one pool.