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Win For Life gives you EIGHT ways to win six different prizes. Each Win For Life play costs $1. Grand prize is $1,000 a week for life. (The grand-prize winner receives a payment of $13,000 each February, May, August and November for the winner's lifetime. These quarterly payments are subject to taxes and applicable debt set-off.) Second prize is a cool $52,000.

  • Pick six separate numbers from 1 through 42. You can also play
    Easy Pick and let the computer select your numbers.
  • Drawings will be held every Wednesday and Saturday at 11:00 p.m.
  • The Lottery will randomly select six numbers from 1 through 42
    then a "Free Ball" drawn from the remaining 36 numbers.
  • Anyone whose six numbers match the Lottery’s first six numbers
    wins $1,000 a week for the rest of their life!
  • The seventh number – the "Free Ball" number – offers several chances to win other prizes, including the $52,000 second prize. There are 8 ways to win, with and without the "Free Ball".



Mark the OPTIONAL PLAYS box for any of the following. Playing more than one drawing increases the ticket price by the number of drawings you choose.

Multi-Draw: Allows a player to select plays for more than one (1) up to and through twenty-six (26) consecutive drawings on one ticket, commencing with the next scheduled drawing.

Future: Play for any future drawing or drawings scheduled after the most recent drawing, not to exceed a total of twenty-six (26) drawings.

Repeat: Your play repeats for more than one ticket.

The Lottery will draw six (6) numbers from a pool of forty-two (42) and one (1) "Free Ball" from the remaining thirty-six (36) numbers for a total of seven (7) numbers.

Match the first six (6) numbers drawn to win the grand prize of $1,000 a week for life. Fixed prizes will be awarded for other matches. Check the chart for all EIGHT ways to win, with and without the "Free Ball".

*In a drawing, more than one ticket may match the first six numbers and win a lifetime prize. If there is an unusually large number of tickets with the same top prize winning numbers, winners may share the maximum allocated prize pool and top prizes may be awarded as reduced lifetime prizes. Guaranteed 10 year payout for top prize.

** In a drawing, more than one ticket may match five of the first six balls plus the free ball. If there is an unusually large number of second tier prize winners, winners may share the allocated prize pool and the second tier prizes may be awarded at a reduced level.

Win For Life drawings are held Wednesday and Saturday at 11:00 p.m. On these days, the cut-off to buy tickets for that night's drawing is 10:45 p.m. Virginia's Win For Life tickets cannot be canceled. All sales are final. Use a playslip to ensure that you pick the numbers you want. To play more than one drawing, mark the box on the playslip and tell the clerk how many drawings you want. Playing ahead will multiply your ticket price by that number of drawings.

Drawings are broadcast on WTVR (Channel 6) in Central Virginia, WAVY (Channel 10) in Hampton Roads, WDBJ (Channel 7) in Southwest Virginia, WCYB (Channel 5) in the tri-state area and WHSV (Channel 3) in Harrisonburg. Check your local listing for times or Click Here to see the latest drawings.

Win For Life is a multi-state lottery game. States whose lotteries sell Win For Life are Virginia, Georgia and Kentucky. Winning tickets bought in Virginia must be redeemed in Virginia.

You can play Win For Life with a subscription. Select your favorite numbers or choose Easy Pick. Each play costs $1 per drawing. You can play for 26, 52 or 104 drawings. Since drawings are held twice a week, 104 drawings would be a one-year subscription.

Playslips are available either at Virginia Lottery retailers or you may purchase your subscription online by clicking here. Subscribers must be at least 18 years old.

If you win the Win For Life grand prize with a subscription, a representative from the Virginia Lottery will contact you with instructions on how to claim your prize.

If you win prizes from $30 to $52,000, the Lottery will mail a check to you within three weeks of the drawing. If you win $2 prizes, you will receive ONE check for the total of all those prizes at the END of your subscription.

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