Looking for the West Virginia Lottery? The official site is wvlottery.com, run by the West Virginia Lottery from Charleston. It sells Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto America, Cash 25, Daily 3, Daily 4, and scratch-offs — with 180 days to claim, 6.5% state withholding on larger prizes, and winner anonymity allowed. This independent guide covers the games, the rules, and the fastest ways to check results.
The official site vs everything else
wvlottery.com is the West Virginia Lottery's official website — game rules, scratch-off prizes remaining, claim instructions, and promotions live there, and it's the authoritative place to confirm a winning ticket. Lottery Atlas is not affiliated with the West Virginia Lottery; we're an independent archive, which has one advantage: our West Virginia results page posts every draw within minutes with prize breakdowns, permanent per-draw pages, and full history as CSV, no account needed.
The games West Virginia plays
- Powerball — Mon/Wed/Sat, 10:59 PM ET, $2 (+$1 Power Play). One national draw; the numbers in WV match every other state.
- Mega Millions — Tue/Fri, 11:00 PM ET, $5 with the built-in 2×–10× multiplier.
- Lotto America — the multi-state game at $1 a play, with jackpots in the millions and far better odds than the big two.
- Cash 25 — West Virginia's own draw game: smaller, fixed prizes and the state's best jackpot odds, in the family covered by our small-lotto guide.
- Daily 3 and Daily 4 — the classic digit games with straight and box plays, explained in Pick 3/Pick 4 payouts.
- Scratch-offs — printed-odds instant games; the prizes-remaining page on the official site is the smart buyer's tool, per how scratch-offs work.
Winning in West Virginia: the rules that matter
- Age: 18+ to buy, anywhere in the state (see who can play).
- Claim window: 180 days from the draw date — process in how to claim a prize.
- Taxes: 6.5% West Virginia withholding on larger prizes plus 24% federal — among the higher state rates, as the state tax table shows.
- Anonymity: West Virginia allows winners to remain anonymous — one of roughly a dozen states with a general anonymity option (state-by-state guide).
- Where the money goes: lottery profits fund West Virginia education, senior programs, and tourism.
Cross-border note
Plenty of players cross between Virginia and West Virginia — different lotteries, different rules. A ticket must be claimed in the state that sold it, and that state's withholding applies first; the details are in buying tickets in another state. Virginia's side of the border is covered in our Virginia Lottery guide.
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