Looking for the Virginia Lottery's official website or your account login? The official site is valottery.com — that's where your account, online play, and prize claims live. Lottery Atlas is an independent results site, not affiliated with the Virginia Lottery; this guide explains what you can (and can't) do on the official site, how the login works, and which everyday tasks — like checking tonight's numbers — you can do faster elsewhere.
What the official Virginia Lottery website is for
valottery.com, run by the Virginia Lottery from Richmond, is the only place to:
- Play online. Virginia has one of the most complete iLottery programs in the country (launched 2020): Powerball, Mega Millions, Cash4Life, Bank a Million, Cash 5, Pick 3/4, and eInstants can all be purchased through an account — details in our iLottery state-by-state guide.
- Manage your account and wallet — deposits, withdrawals, and purchase history all sit behind the login.
- Scan tickets and enter second-chance drawings via the official Virginia Lottery app.
- Check Scratcher prizes remaining — the one page that genuinely changes which Scratcher is worth buying.
- Start a prize claim for wins too large to cash at a retailer.
Virginia Lottery login: the essentials
The login is for Virginia's online-play account. Three things trip people up:
- You must be 18+ and physically in Virginia to buy online — the site verifies location electronically, so travelling out of state blocks purchases (the general rules are in who can play the US lottery).
- Password and account problems are handled only by the official site's own reset flow and player support. No third party — including us — can access, unlock, or reset a Virginia Lottery account.
- Beware look-alike login pages. Type valottery.com directly or use the official app. Phishing pages imitating state lottery logins are a staple of the scams covered in our 2026 lottery scam guide — the lottery will never email you a login link to "verify a win."
What you don't need a login for
Checking results requires no account anywhere. Tonight's Powerball and Mega Millions numbers, plus every Virginia draw game — Cash 5, Bank a Million, Pick 3/4/5, and all five daily CASH POP draws — are on our Virginia lottery results page within minutes of each drawing, with prize breakdowns, every other place results get posted, and no signup. Always confirm a winning ticket against the official site before acting on it.
Claiming, taxes, and the fine print
Virginia gives winners 180 days to claim, withholds 4% state tax on larger prizes on top of the 24% federal (see tax rates by state), lets winners of prizes above $1 million remain anonymous under the 2025 law (details in our anonymity guide), and sends profits to K-12 public education. The step-by-step process is in how to claim a lottery prize.
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