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West Virginia Lottery Numbers and Rules (September 2026)

Tonight's numbers, what a ticket costs in West Virginia, which add-ons West Virginia Lottery actually sells, and what all of that is worth — with the arithmetic shown.

Power Play is on sale in West Virginia; Double Play is not, so a West Virginia ticket tops out at $3 a line. At the jackpot standing after the September 16, 2026 draw, a $2 Powerball ticket bought in West Virginia is worth $0.73, 37c on the dollar after West Virginia's 6.5% withholding.

Multi-state games in West Virginia

What is different in West Virginia

Ticket price
$3 a line, all in
$2 base plus $1 each for Power Play.
Power Play
On sale — $1
Multiplies every prize below the jackpot by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10. We make the extra dollar worth about 46c.
Double Play
Not sold here
One of the 18 jurisdictions that do not offer it; the other 30 do.
Prize structure
Fixed, as the chart
The published amounts are what you are paid — West Virginia does not adjust them for sales.
State withholding
6.5%
Held back before the cheque is written, on top of 24% federal. What you finally owe is settled at filing.

Rules read from powerball.com and West Virginia Lottery on 2026-09-22. Withholding rates and the calculator.

West Virginia Lottery's own games

West Virginia Lottery runs draw games of its own, and their results are not in our database yet — we publish a game only once two independent official sources agree on every draw in its history, and we have not built that for West Virginia. Rather than republish a feed we have not checked, the page says so. West Virginia Lottery publishes its own results here.

What is on this page instead is the part nobody else computes: what the multi-state games are worth under West Virginia's rules, which is not what they are worth under anyone else's.

West Virginia lottery tools

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West Virginia lottery questions

What lottery games can you play in West Virginia?
Mega Millions and Powerball, plus West Virginia Lottery's own draw games and scratch tickets. We publish the multi-state analysis and the West Virginia rules; West Virginia Lottery's own draw games are not in our database yet.
Does West Virginia sell Power Play and Double Play?
Power Play, yes — $1 a play. Double Play, no: 30 of the 48 lotteries sell it and West Virginia is not one of them, so a West Virginia line tops out at $3.
How much tax does West Virginia withhold from lottery winnings?
6.5%, held back before the cheque is written and on top of 24% federal withholding. Withholding is not the final bill. The calculator works out what you would actually keep.
Which West Virginia lottery game has the best odds?
Mega Millions, at 1 in 23.07 of winning something — though the prizes are correspondingly smaller, and winning often is not the same as winning much.
Where do these West Virginia numbers come from?
The multi-state games are cross-checked against several official sources before we publish them. Every source is listed here. The West Virginia rules on this page were read from powerball.com and West Virginia Lottery on 2026-09-22.

About the West Virginia Lottery

West Virginia Lottery sells Powerball and Mega Millions alongside its own games. A winning ticket has to be claimed in the jurisdiction where it was sold; West Virginia Lottery publishes the minimum age and the claim deadlines. wvlottery.com

Every jurisdiction is listed on the lottery hub — including Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah, which run no lottery at all.