Virginia Cash 5 Number Generator

Cash 5 with EZ Match is a Virginia-only jackpot game run by the Virginia Lottery: you choose five numbers, and the nightly drawing pays a growing jackpot for all five plus fixed cash for two, three or four. The EZ Match add-on adds instant prizes that are settled on the ticket itself, before the drawing.

Cash 5 has changed shape twice in recent years. The classic Cash 5 used numbers 1 through 34, had a day draw at 1:59 p.m. and a night draw at 11:00 p.m., accepted plays of 25¢, 50¢ or $1, and paid a fixed top prize of $100,000 on a $1 play. On October 26, 2020 it was replaced by Cash 5 with EZ Match: one nightly draw, numbers 1 to 41, $1 plays and a jackpot that started at $100,000 and grew until won. On October 16, 2023 the field widened to 1 to 45 and the starting jackpot doubled to $200,000, which moved the jackpot odds from 1 in 749,398 to 1 in 1,221,759.

Since 1999 all Virginia Lottery profits have gone to K-12 public education, and a 2000 amendment approved by more than 80% of voters wrote that into the Virginia Constitution. In fiscal year 2026 the Lottery reported more than $914 million for public schools on sales of more than $6.3 billion. Cash 5 prizes left unclaimed after 180 days go to the Virginia State Literary Fund.

There is one Cash 5 drawing a day, seven days a week, at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time; the midday draw ended with the 2020 relaunch. The system stops accepting plays for that night at about 10:45 p.m. ET, a cut-off the rules call the "Imminent". The Lottery may stream or televise the drawing live or delayed, and the winning numbers are posted on valottery.com and in the Virginia Lottery app.

Five winning numbers are selected from the 45, and a play wins by matching at least two of them in any order. Each play is judged on its own: one play can win only its highest prize, though several winning plays on one ticket each pay.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Virginia Lottery.

A base Cash 5 play costs $1. Easy Pick has the terminal choose the five numbers for you. Three retail options change how a ticket runs: Multi-Draw covers up to 91 consecutive drawings including the current one, at $1 per play per drawing; Future Play buys a single drawing up to 90 days ahead; and Repeat prints the same play up to 20 times for one drawing. Future Play and Repeat are retail only. Once printed, a Cash 5 ticket cannot be canceled.

EZ Match costs $1 more per play. The terminal issues five extra system-generated numbers; if any of them match the five Cash 5 numbers you chose for that play, you win the prize printed beside it, from $2 to $500, at once. EZ Match wins are separate from, and added to, whatever the play wins in the drawing. On a Multi-Draw ticket or an online Auto-Renewal subscription, EZ Match counts only once, for the first drawing.

Cash 5 can also be bought online at valottery.com or in the Lottery app from anywhere in Virginia, up to 100 plays per online purchase.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Virginia Lottery game rules (Director's Order 91, 2026).

Choosing 5 of 45 gives 1,221,759 possible plays. Exactly 200 of them match four winning numbers (5 ways to keep four, times 40 losing numbers for the fifth), 7,800 match three and 98,800 match two, so the official odds above check out. The $1 prize for two numbers means a winning play is fairly common, but it only returns the cost of the play. EZ Match's own overall odds are 1 in 4.82, and the Lottery puts the chance of winning a Cash 5 or an EZ Match prize on one $2 play at 1 in 3.61. To run the same math for another game, use the odds calculator.

These odds are set by the Lottery for the system-generated EZ Match numbers, so unlike the drawing odds they cannot be derived from the 5/45 matrix. Your own number choice, random or not, does not change them.

The jackpot starts at $200,000, the guaranteed minimum top prize. After every drawing without a five-number winner it rises by at least $5,000. Any advertised amount above $200,000 is an estimate, and the Lottery pays it from the money actually in the top-prize pool. If more than one play matches all five, the jackpot is divided equally between them. The rules describe no rolldown and no cap.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Virginia Lottery game rules, section H.

Claims must be made within 180 days of the drawing; service members on active duty can claim up to 180 days after discharge. Licensed retailers can cash prizes of $600 or less. The Virginia Lottery app accepts claims of $5,000 or less, with an online claim form needed above $600. Lottery Customer Service Centers and Prize Zones pay any amount, and so does mail to Virginia Lottery, P.O. Box 1254, Richmond, VA 23218-1254. For prizes over $100 at an office or by mail, bring or send government photo ID and proof of your Social Security or taxpayer number.

Wins over $600 are reported to federal and state tax agencies. Over $5,000, the Lottery currently withholds 24% for federal and 4% for state tax. Debts owed to Virginia agencies are taken from prizes over $100 claimed at a Lottery office. Virginia law keeps a winner's name, hometown and amount private unless the winner agrees in writing.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Virginia Lottery, How to Claim.

Fill in the five generated numbers on a Cash 5 with EZ Match playslip, or enter them on valottery.com or in the app, and decide whether to add EZ Match for each play. Marking Easy Pick instead lets the terminal choose. Plays for tonight have to be in by about 10:45 p.m. ET. More on how to play a quick pick.

Virginia Lottery players must be at least 18, and tickets cannot be given to minors. The Virginia Problem Gambling Helpline is 1-888-532-3500 (call, text or chat, free and confidential), and online accounts offer deposit limits, bet limits and self-exclusion. No pick improves your chance, see why a generator cannot predict a draw and playing responsibly.