West Virginia Lottery Daily 4 General Information and Links
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The West Virginia Daily 4 lottery is a 4-digit game with three ways to play, which makes it one of the 4-dgit lottery games in th US
with the lowest number of choices of playing methods. You can play the Daily 4 game for as low as 50¢.
West Virginia Daily 4 drawing schedule: Daily 4 drawings are held once a day at approximately 7 p.m daily, except Sunday.
West Virginia Daily 4 drawing method: Drawings are conducted using a set of mechanical ball machines with a
state-of-the-art facility and security. Drawings can be watched on TV stations broadcasting the nightly live lottery drawings.
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How to Play West Virginia Daily 4 Lottery
From a West Virginia Lottery retailer (a gas station, a convenience store, a food store, etc. which plays WV Lottery) get
a Daily 4 playslip. A playslip contains five different play areas. Each play area represents a different Daily 4 play.
Each play area contains four colums of the digits 0 to 9. Mark the first digit of your number on the first column, the second digit
on the second column, the third digit on the third column, and the fourth digit on the fourth column. So, if you want to play
8142, then 8 will be marked in the first column, 1 in the second column, 4 in the third column, and 2 in the fourth column. Next
select and mark the amount (50¢ or $1), then select the type of play - Straight, Box, or Straight/Box.
Next, present the completed playslip to the lottery retailer to receive your printed ticket. Check your ticket immediately to
ensure that the numbers, dates, and play type match your request.
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Play Types and How You Win the West Virginia Daily 4 Lottery
There are three ways you can play and win the West Virginia Daily 4 game - two basic types and one shortcut of the basic types. These types
together with how much is paid for a winning West Virginia Daily 4 game type are listed below.
The basic Daily 4 play types are:
Straight: You win by matching the winning Daily 4 number in the exact order drawn. For example, if you play the
8142 as Straight, you'll win only if the winning number is exactly 8142; you don't win anything if the winning number is 8412 or 8144.
The prize of West Virginia Daily 4 Straight game is $5,000 for a $1 game and $2,500 for a 50¢ game.
Box: You win by matching the numbers in any order. For example, if you play 8142 as Box, you'll win if the
Daily 4 winning number contains the four digits 1, 2, 4, and 8 in any order, such as 2148 or 4218; but not if any one is missing like 8144.
The prize of West Virginia Daily 4 box play depends on whether the digits are repeated or not.
- A number such as 8142, where none of the digits repeats is called a 24-way Box and pays $200 for a $1 game and $100 for
a 50¢ game.
- If one of the digits is double, like 8182, then it is called a 12-way Box and pays $400 for a $1 game and $200 for a
50¢ game.
- If two digits are doubled, like 8118, then it is called a 6-way Box and pays $800 for a $1 game and $400 for a 50¢ game.
- If one of the digits is tripled, like 8188, then it is called a 4-way Box and pays $1200 for a $1 game and $600 for a
50¢ game.
- There is no Box play for numbers with all four identical digits such as 8888. These Daily 4 numbers can only be played Straight.
And the shortcut play type is:
Straight/Box: is simply a combination of a 50¢ Straight play and a 50¢ Box play. This play type is designed
to save you time; it is a shortcut of playing one game of straight and another game of Box of the same number. That is, instead of
filling one panel for 50¢ Straight and another panel for 50¢ Box, of the same number, you might as well fill out just one
panel and mark it as Straight/Box. Note that the minimum amount for a Straight/Box game is $1.
The prize of a Straight/Box play is the sum of a 50¢ Straight game and a 50¢ Box game. For example, if you play 8142
as Straight/Box, and if the winning number is 8142, then you'll win $2600 ($2500 for the Straight part + $100 for the Box part).
If the winning number is 8124, you'll win only $100 for the Box part since you did not match it Straight. How much do you win with
Straight/Box of the number
8182? (Answer),
8118? (Answer),
8188? (Answer).
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Prizes and Odds of West Virginia Lottery Daily 4
How much does West Virginia Daily 4 pay for Straight or Box? The following is a summary of winner prize payouts and the odds of winning.
| Play Type | Odds | Prize (for $1 bet) |
| Straight | 1 in 10,000 | $5,000 |
| 4-way Box | 1 in 2,500 | $1,200 |
| 6-way Box | 1 in 1,667 | $800 |
| 12-way Box | 1 in 833 | $400 |
| 24-way Box | 1 in 417 | $200 |
Note that a 24-way Box is a number with four non-identical digits; a 12-way Box has one of the digits repeated; a 6-way Box
has two of the digits doubled; a 4-way Box has one digits and three identical digits.
For West Virginia Lottery general rules and how to claim prizes, please see West Virginia Lottery general info page.
Links to some Daily 4 pages of the West Virginia Lottery Official Web Site
Although we have tried to cover all the pertinent information of the West Virginia Daily 4, we recommend that you also look at the
following pages at the West Virginia Lottery official web site.
West Virginia Daily 4 at US-Lotteries.com
The main purpose of this web site (US-Lotteries.com) is to present a well formatted latest and past results; analysis and statistics
of past winning numbers, digits, pairs, triads; search to see if your favorite numbers have ever won or have come close to winning
the jackpot; mathematical tools such as combinations generators and wheels. The complete list of all West Virginia Daily 4 pages of this
web site are listed below.
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