Popular 'Pick Three' Combination Wins Big In Virginia Lottery

VIRGINIA — One of the most popular combinations of numbers for the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 3 game — 0-0-0 — was the big winner Monday afternoon.

Because it is a popular combination, players won a total of $3,087,300, compared to the $565,399 handle that the Virginia Lottery took in for the drawing.

Every player who wagered $1.00 on the Exact Order combination in the Pick 3 afternoon drawing won a top prize of $500, according to the Virginia Lottery.

Pick 3 drawings are held daily at 1:59 p.m. and 11 p.m. The chances of matching all three numbers in exact order are 1 in 1,000. Tickets are available at any Virginia Lottery retailer.

The Virginia Lottery generates more than $1.6 million per day for Virginia’s K-12 public schools. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, lottery customers helped generate more than $595 million dollars in funding for public education.