Pick 4 offers players 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! 

How to play Pick 4

Pick 4 drawings are in the afternoon and evening, which means two chances each day to win. Choose your wager and play type to get started. Add FIREBALL for another chance to win! Click for a closer view of the playslip to 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 cut-off 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 $1 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 sets of numbers for Pick 4). If your numbers with the FIREBALL number match the winning numbers, 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Fourteen chances to win every week

• Pick 4 numbers are drawn twice a day, seven days a week. The day draw is a 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 app is available to both iOS and Android users. Quick to download and easy to use, our app is a convenient way for you to avoid missing a drawing or a chance to win.

Legal stuff

Need more info? Here's our official rules for Pick 4.

*While supplies last. Player must be logged into the player’s valottery.com account to receive the coupon. One coupon per account.

Lottery profits benefit public education

Since 1999, all Virginia Lottery profits have gone to K-12 public schools in Virginia. In Fiscal Year 2020, the Lottery generated more than $595 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.

Many different prizes plus a new way to win!

Pick 4 is great because you have two chances to win each day, and there are assorted ways to play the game. Now, with the addition of FIREBALL, you can get another chance to win with the FIREBALL number.

Check out the table below to see the play types and prizes.

Game Odds

Note: All prizes based on a $1 play. 50¢ play wins ½ of the prize shown.

FIREBALL Odds

*FIREBALL prizes based on a $1 Play. FIREBALL odds of winning vary by the unique numbers played.