The New Year’s Millionaire Raffle by the Virginia Lottery was dubbed as the ultimate opportunity for Virginians to welcome 2025 as millionaires with the highest odds.
I hope you managed to obtain your ticket on time. According to PlayVirginia, lottery officials have confirmed that all 625,000 tickets were sold by 9:23 a.m. on Thursday. The lucky numbers for the winning ticket will be disclosed at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
In total, there are five raffle tickets that offer a chance to win the top prize of $1 million. Let’s take a closer look at the odds:
- There are five available opportunities to win $1 million, with odds of 1 in 125,000.
- $100,000 (7) — 1-in-89,286
- $500 (1,000) — 1-in-625
The chances of winning the 2025 version of Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle are 1 in 618.
Millionaire Raffle winners announced Jan. 1
Since November 1, both lottery vending machines and lottery retailers in Virginia have been selling tickets for the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle.
Also, be sure to keep an eye out for the promo code located at the bottom of every raffle ticket. This code grants a single opportunity to enjoy a 50% discount on an online Powerball purchase ranging from $10 to $100. Please note that the promo code can only be used once per valottery.com account.
Millionaire Raffle odds vs. other Virginia Lottery games
Lotto games
Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle offers much better odds of 1-in-125,000 compared to the $1 million odds in the state’s other drawing games.
- The odds of matching five white balls in Powerball but missing the Powerball are 1 in 11,688,054.
- The odds of matching five white balls but missing the Mega Ball in Mega Millions are 1 in 12,607,306.
- The odds of winning the $2 wager prize in Bank a Million, by matching all six balls, is 1 in 3,838,380.
Scratchers with a $1 million top prizes
There are a few scratch-off tickets available that offer the chance to win $1 million in line with the raffle prize amount. However, similar to lottery draws, the odds of winning are still higher with the Millionaire Raffle. The information regarding the remaining prizes is accurate as of December 28th.
- There are currently only 3 top prizes remaining for Dominion Dollars, with odds of winning at 1-in-1,060,800.
- There is currently only 1 top prize left for the Instant Millionaire game, with odds of winning at 1 in 1,224,000.
- There are currently 2 top prizes left for the $1 Million Royale game, with odds of winning being 1-in-979,200.
- There is a remaining top prize of $1,000,000 in the Platinum Jackpot game, with odds of winning being 1 in 1,632,000.
- As of 2021, there is only one top prize remaining for the game “20X The Money,” with odds of winning at 1 in 1,754,400.
- In 2022, there are still 6 top prizes left with odds of 1 in 1,958,400 to win 20X the money.
- There is only one top prize left for the Double Cash Doubler, with odds of 1 in 1,162,800.
- There is only 1 top prize remaining with odds of 1 in 1,672,800.
- There is a 1 in 1,672,800 chance of winning the top prize in Power 10s game, with only one prize remaining.
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