Virginia Lottery Sales and Revenue by Year
The Virginia lottery sold $5.30B in tickets in fiscal year 2024, up 20% from the year before. It transferred $855M to the state, 16% of sales, and paid 80% of sales back as prizes. Its sales were the 8th largest of the 45 state lotteries that year.
Sales peaked in FY2024 at $5.30B. Figures are state fiscal years from the Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Finances, FY2012 to FY2024.
FY2012–FY2024 · Source: U.S. Census Bureau · Virginia lottery
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Data
| Fiscal year | Ticket sales | Prizes | Administration | Transfers to the state | Prizes as share of sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $5.30B | $4.25B | $198M | $855M | 80.1% |
| FY2023 | $4.41B | $3.42B | $181M | $809M | 77.5% |
| FY2022 | $3.59B | $2.68B | $147M | $762M | 74.7% |
| FY2021 | $3.12B | $2.21B | $140M | $772M | 70.7% |
| FY2020 | $2.03B | $1.32B | $111M | $599M | 65.0% |
| FY2019 | $2.16B | $1.40B | $112M | $651M | 64.7% |
| FY2018 | $2.02B | $1.31B | $102M | $609M | 64.8% |
| FY2017 | $1.88B | $1.21B | $104M | $560M | 64.7% |
| FY2016 | $1.89B | $1.21B | $95.7M | $590M | 63.8% |
| FY2015 | $1.74B | $1.12B | $87.6M | $536M | 64.2% |
| FY2014 | $1.71B | $1.08B | $86.7M | $540M | 63.3% |
| FY2013 | $1.59B | $1.03B | $80.7M | $488M | 64.3% |
| FY2012 | $1.53B | $962M | $74.5M | $489M | 63.1% |
Notes
Transfers to the state are lottery proceeds the Census Bureau counts as income to the state; some states route part of them to dedicated funds.
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