How to play Pick 5

Pick 5 offers players two chances to win each day. You could win up to $50,000 playing the base game! Plus, the FIREBALL add-on gives players the chance to create additional number combinations for another chance to win!

You can play Pick 5 with FIREBALL in the Lottery app, at valottery.com or at a Lottery retailer.

Pick 5 drawings are in the afternoon and evening, which means two chances each day to win. Choose your play amount and play type to get started. Add FIREBALL for another chance to win! Click for a closer view of the playslip to learn more.

• Choose your play amount. You can play Pick 5 for $1 or 50¢.
• Choose your play type. You've got options, 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 five-digit number from 00000 through 99999.
• 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 5 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 5 fun is that there are different ways to play! Here they are.

• Exact Order: Play it straight! Match all five digits in the same order as drawn.
• Any Order: Give yourself options! Match all five 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.

FIREBALL

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

• After each day and night Pick 5 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 five new combinations of numbers for Pick 5). If your selected numbers match any of the five 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 5 wins.
• Adding FIREBALL is optional.

Play options

Try these different play options to spice up the next time you play Pick 5.

• Want to play the same numbers for more than one draw on a single ticket? Buy a Multi-Draw ticket to play 91 or fewer consecutive Pick 5 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

Never miss a Pick 5 draw again. Remember these quick facts.

• Pick 5 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. ET for that night's draw.

Watch a draw live!

You can watch the draws live by clicking the blue bar at the top of this page right before the drawing.

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 5 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 Pick 5 Past Numbers tab on this page. If you click on a set of prior winning numbers, you can see the total prizes won for that day’s day and night drawings.

How to check your Pick 5 numbers

If you don’t want to scroll through a list of past winning numbers, you can check your Pick 5 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. If you entered numbers from multiple tickets, the results for each ticket will be shown separately.

Check your Pick 5 numbers anywhere with the Lottery app

You can check your Pick 5 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 are our official rules for Pick 5.

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.

Many different prizes plus a new way to win!

Pick 5 is great because you have two chances to win each day, and there are different ways to play the game. Plus, with the FIREBALL add-on, you can get another chance to win. Check out the table below to see the play types, prizes and 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.