Pick 4 players who picked four fours Tuesday can cash in for five large after the evening draw revealed the winning numbers: 4-4-4-4.
Such quadruple number draws happen a few times a year, Virginia Lottery spokesperson John Hagerty said.
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WATCH HERE“I wouldn’t say it’s rare, but it’s rather unusual,” he said.
That doesn’t stop Virginians from taking a gamble and playing four of a kind.
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On Tuesday, Virginia Lottery Pick 4 players spent a combined total of $438,939 in tickets. They walked away with an astounding $7.9 million in total prize money, meaning the lottery gave out significantly more prize money than it gathered in profit.
To put it simply: for every $1 the Virginia Lottery made on the Tuesday evening draw, it paid out $18. That's unusual, as lotteries generally take in more money in ticket sales than they give in prize money.
Against odds of 1 in 10,000, players who correctly pick all four numbers win $5,000, the game's top prize.
In 2024, the Virginia Lottery raised more than $934 million in profit, making up approximately 10% of Virginia’s entire K-12 school budget.
