Media Center

Welcome to the West Virginia Lottery’s Media Center. In this section of the website, you will find news content and background information about Lottery winners, gamers, promotions, and special events, as well as general agency announcements. We thank you for your interest in the West Virginia Lottery and hope you find this information helpful.

Latest News

12-18-2017 Gift Responsibly this Holiday Season

Lottery tickets may be fun-filled and exciting presents, but they are not suitable gifts for minors. For the past ten years, the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors at McGill University and the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) in Washington, D.C. have come together for the annual Holiday Lottery Campaign, a corporate social responsibility program designed to help lotteries make adults aware of the risks of giving lottery products as holiday gifts to minors. Abundant research… View Article

11-30-2017 Daily 3 Players Win Big with 2-2-2

11-27-2017 $100,000 Powerball Ticket Sold in Summersville

10-30-2017 Hot Lotto Prize Money Available to Win in New Lotto America Game

10-25-2017 If Hot Lotto Jackpot is not Won it Will Carry Over into the first Lotto America Jackpot

10-19-2017 Mega Millions enhanced: Starting jackpots increase to $40M, bigger avg. jackpots, more millionaires

10-16-2017 Sara Harpold Named Advertising Manager

08-31-2017 West Virginia Lottery Signs Seven-Year Contract with IGT

08-22-2017 Powerball Jackpot Increased to $700 Million; Second Largest Ever

08-08-2017 Mega Millions Jackpot Increased to $350 Million; Both Powerball & Mega Millions High

08-03-2017 Hot Lotto Game to End on October 28

08-02-2017 Nearly 600 Permits Bid in Limited Video Lottery Bid Process

07-26-2017 Governor Justice Makes Appointments to Lottery Commission