Pick 4 - Play and Check Winning Numbers (2024)

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You can open a Virginia Lottery account to play Pick 4 online, so you’ll never miss a chance to win!

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How to play Pick 4

Pick 4 offers players a day drawing and a night drawing, which means two chances to win each day. You could win up to $5,000 playing the base game! Plus, the FIREBALL add-on gives players the chance to create additional number combinations for another chance to win! Click for a closer view of the playslipto learn more.

Here’s how to play Pick 4:

  • Choose your play amount. You can play Pick 4 for $1 or 50¢.
  • Choose your play type. You've got plenty of options here, so see the Play types section for detailed descriptions.
  • Choose your draw. You can play a day draw, night draw or both!
  • Choose your own numbers on a playslip. Pick a four-digit number from 0000 through 9999.
  • Or use Easy Pick, and let the computer choose your numbers for you.
  • The day drawing takes place daily at 1:59 p.m., and the night drawing takes place daily at 11 p.m.
  • The Pick 4 cutoff time occurs daily at 1:53 p.m. ET for the day drawing and at 10:45 p.m. ET for the night drawing.

Play types

One of the things that makes Pick 4 fun is that there are so many ways to play! Here they are.

  • Exact Order: Play it straight! Match all four digits in the same order as drawn.
  • Any Order: Give yourself options! Match all four of the digits drawn; the order doesn't matter.
  • 50/50: The best of both worlds — split a $1 play in half! Put 50¢ on Exact Order and 50¢ on Any Order.
  • Combo: Cover all the bases! Play Exact Order on every possible combination of a four-digit number.

FIREBALL

Ignite your game with FIREBALL! Here’s how it works:

  • After each day and night Pick 4 drawing, the FIREBALL number will be drawn from 10 numbered balls (0-9).
  • You can use the FIREBALL number to replace any of the Lottery-drawn numbers to make new combinations (create four new combinations of numbers for Pick 4). If your selected numbers match any of the four new FIREBALL winning combinations, you win a FIREBALL prize.
  • Adding FIREBALL doubles the cost of your play(s).
  • Adding FIREBALL improves your chance to win a prize.
  • All FIREBALL wins are separate and in addition to other Pick 4 wins.

Play options

It's impossible to get bored when you play Pick 4. Try these different play options to spice up your next game.

  • Want to play the same numbers for more than one draw on a single ticket? A Multi-Draw ticket lets you play up to 91 consecutive draws on one ticket. Please keep in mind that the ticket price increases for each draw you add.
  • Thinking ahead to a special date? You can buy a ticket for one future draw date. It's called a Future Play. Mark the Optional Plays box on your playslip, and let the clerk know the future draw date you have in mind. Available at retail stores only.
  • Love those numbers so much you want them on more than one ticket? You can Repeat your play and have the same numbers printed on more than one ticket up to 20 times. Available at retail stores only.
  • Tell your clerk what option you want when you present your playslip. Keep in mind that playing more than one draw increases the ticket price by the number of draws you choose.
  • You can buy and play Pick 4 anytime, anywhere in Virginia on your mobile phone, tablet or computer. Purchase multiple draws at once to stay in the game for as long as you like.

Fourteen chances to win every week

  • Pick 4 numbers are drawn twice a day, seven days a week. The day draw is at 1:59 p.m., and the night draw is at 11 p.m.
  • We have a little break between selling and drawing the numbers, so you can't buy tickets starting at 1:53 p.m. ET for that day's draw or starting at 10:45 p.m. for that night's draw.

Watch the draws!

You can watch the draws live by clicking the Winning Numbers tab at the top of the page. You can even watch them later. Draws stay on our site!

Get game information from Alexa!

If you download the Virginia Lottery Alexa Skill, you can ask Alexa for information about this game including recent winning numbers and more.

Browse past winning numbers

The Virginia Lottery is committed to operating with complete transparency, which is why we make it simple for you to check if your Pick 4 tickets are winners.

On our website, you can browse numbers that have won in the past. We display previous winning numbers by date and time of day. You can view winning numbers by clicking on the Winning Numbers button in the navigation bar at the top of any page. Then click on Pick 4, and you can get more detailed information. If you click on a set of prior winning numbers, you can see the total prizes won for that day’s daytime and nighttime drawings. You also can check past winning numbers by clicking the Pick 4 Past Numbers tab on this page.

How to search for your Pick 4 numbers

If you don’t want to scroll through a list of past winning numbers, you can check your Pick 4 numbers by searching via the Check My Numbers box on this page. You can enter numbers for up to five tickets in one search. Just enter the numbers you want to check, select the month, day and year, then click the button labeled Check My Numbers. You can search for Pick 4 numbers dating all the way back to 1991. If you entered numbers from multiple tickets, the results for each ticket will be shown separately.

Check your Pick 4 numbers anywhere by downloading the Lottery app

You can check your Pick 4 numbers from anywhere by using our app. The official Virginia Lottery appis available for both iOS and Android users.

Legal stuff

Need more info? Here are our official rulesfor Pick 4.

Lottery profits benefit public education

Since 1999, all Virginia Lottery profits have gone to K-12 public schools in Virginia. In Fiscal Year 2022, the Lottery generated more than $779 million for K-12 public schools in Virginia. Every time you play a Virginia Lottery game, you're playing a role in helping kids have a brighter future.

Pick 4 - Play and Check Winning Numbers (2024)

FAQs

What is the best lottery number picking strategy? ›

Lottery Number Selection Strategy
  • Don't choose more than 2 consecutive numbers. ...
  • Don't choose multiples of a number (with or without an offset). ...
  • Choose at least one number above 31, because loads of people will use ALL birthdates and you need to make sure that you aren't one of them.

What is the most common pick 4 combo? ›

The odds of matching all four numbers in the exact order in a Pick 4 drawing are 1 in 10,000. The numbers 1-0-1-0 are one of the most popular combinations of numbers played in the Pick 4 game.

What is the probability of picking the winning 4 digit number in a Pick 4 lottery is 1 10000? ›

Expert-Verified Answer

(a) True. The probability of winning the Pick 4 lottery is 1/10,000, so if you take a very large random sample of tickets, about 0.01% of the tickets will be winners.

How to win nj pick 4? ›

Win if you match the winning numbers in any order. Since this is a combination bet, the base wager amount is multiplied by the number of possible combinations. Pair Bets: Pair Bets allow you to select only two numbers. Match the first two (Front Pair) or last two (Back Pair) winning numbers and win!

What are the 6 most common winning lottery numbers? ›

The most frequently drawn winning numbers from the main barrel are 17, 7, 11, 2, 3 and 9, while the least frequently drawn are 33, 15, 34, 31, 26 and 1. The most frequently drawn Powerball numbers are 19 and 2, while the least frequently drawn Powerball numbers are 14 and 16.

What number is most likely to win the lottery? ›

The numbers most likely to win in Powerball and Mega Millions
RankNumberPowerball Frequency
139334
232332
335330
416327
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How many combinations of 4 picks are there? ›

Examples of Winning Combinations

Pick four unique numbers to match the winning numbers in any order. There are 24 ways to win (24 possible combinations).

What are the chances of guessing a 4 digit code with 4 numbers? ›

It's very simple. In 4 decimal digits there are 10,000 (0000 to 9999) possible values. The odds of any one of them coming up randomly is one in 10,000.

What is the probability of picking the pick 4? ›

The probability of picking the winning 4-digit number in a Pick 4 lottery is 1/10,000. Each play of the lottery is independent of the next play. (a) If you take a very large random sample of purchased lottery tickets, about 0.01% of the tickets will be winners.

Which lottery is easiest to win in NJ today? ›

Pick-6: New Jersey's exclusive lottery game

Pick-6 is a unique lottery game that is exclusive to New Jersey. In this game, players must select six numbers from a pool of 49. While the jackpots may not be as high as Powerball or Mega Millions, the odds of winning are relatively better.

What is the highest payout for Pick 4? ›

The record Pick 4 prize amount of $7,500,000 came just hours after Pick 3 players won $1,675,000 on the combination 7-7-7 in the afternoon drawing.

How much is the Pick 4 in NJ? ›

WAGER. On Lotto.com, Pick-4 can be enjoyed with wagers of $1, $2, $3, $4 or $5. A new wager selection is made for each additional play on the ticket and the amounts wagered for each line can be different.

What is the best way to pick winning lottery numbers? ›

The key to this strategy is simple. Review the past several draws, make note of those numbers, and pick different ones! Also, vary the numbers chosen by not selecting two numbers within the same group or not selecting those that end with the same digit.

What is the best strategy to win the lottery? ›

How to increase your chances of winning? The unsurprising short answer is, buy as many tickets as you can within reason. That's according to Mark Glickman, a senior lecturer of statistics at Harvard University.

What lottery numbers get picked the most? ›

If you plan to play the drawing, do you have numbers in mind? A new study reveals the lottery numbers you should play to win big: The number 28 is drawn most often across all lotteries, with an average frequency of 201.4. The numbers 16 and 39 are second and third, with average frequencies of 200.6 and 199, ...

What are the 6 luckiest numbers in the lottery? ›

Luckiest lottery numbers in America
  • According to their data, 28 was chosen most often at an average of 201.4 times.
  • Sixteen is close behind at an average of 200.6 times.
  • Third is 39 at 199 times.
  • It narrowly beat 32 at 198.8 times.
  • The fifth hottest number was 15 at 198 times.
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