Playing Mega Millions in Virginia? Drawings are Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 PM ET; tickets are $5 with the 2×–10× multiplier built in; and you can buy at any Virginia retailer or online through the official valottery.com. This guide covers the Virginia-specific details — buying, claiming, taxes, anonymity — from an independent results site, plus the fastest way to check tonight's numbers.
Buying Mega Millions tickets in Virginia
Any licensed Virginia retailer sells Mega Millions, and Virginia's iLottery sells it online through a valottery.com account (18+, physically in Virginia). Since the game's April 2025 overhaul, every $5 play carries a randomly assigned 2×–10× multiplier applied to all non-jackpot prizes — there's no separate Megaplier to buy anymore, and the minimum win is $10. Whether the pricier ticket is a better deal is the subject of our one-year review of the overhaul and Powerball vs Mega Millions.
The game itself
Mega Millions is one national draw: pick 5 numbers from 1–70 plus a Mega Ball from 1–24, jackpot odds 1 in 290,472,336, jackpots resetting at $50 million. Full rules and the prize chart are in how to play Mega Millions and ways to win.
Checking Virginia Mega Millions numbers
Tuesday and Friday night's numbers land on our Mega Millions results page minutes after the 11:00 PM ET draw, with jackpot, cash value, and prize tiers — and every Virginia draw game sits on the Virginia results page. The numbers are identical in every state; verify winning tickets against the official Virginia Lottery site before acting. All the places results get posted are in this guide.
Winning in Virginia
- Claim window: 180 days from the draw; small prizes at retailers, larger through the Virginia Lottery (step-by-step).
- Taxes: 24% federal + 4% Virginia withholding on qualifying prizes; jackpot-scale math in the take-home breakdown.
- Anonymity: prizes above $1 million can be claimed anonymously under the 2025 law (details).
- Payout choice: 30-payment annuity vs lump-sum cash — see lump sum vs annuity. Virginia Lottery profits fund K-12 education.
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