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What to expect when you play lottery games online
Publish Date: March 12, 2026
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Playing lottery games online has changed a lot over the past few years. For West Virginia players, the West Virginia Lottery’s iPLAY platform now makes it straightforward to access draw games and iNSTANT games from a phone or computer – no trip to a retailer required.
But if you’re new to playing online, or you’re weighing up what’s actually available digitally versus in-store, here’s what you can expect.
On iPLAY, you can play draw games like POWERBALL©, MEGA MILLIONS®, LOTTO AMERICA©, Daily 3, and Daily 4. The newly launched Millionaire for Life™ – a national draw game with daily drawings and the chance to win $1,000,000 a year for life – is also available through iPLAY, released February 22, 2026.
iNSTANT games are the digital equivalent of Scratch-Offs. You see your result on screen immediately, generated by a secure random number generator.
Scratch-Off tickets aren’t available to purchase online. You can scan physical scratch-offs in the app to earn PlayON loyalty points, but the tickets themselves are sold only at licensed WVL retailers. Similarly, Ca$h Pop, KENO, KENO GO, and KENO GO BONUS are in-store only games.
How Scratch-Offs compare when you do play in-store
West Virginia Lottery Scratch-Offs run from $1 up to $30, with popular options at $5, $10, $20, and $30. Each price point is structured differently. Higher-tier tickets tend to come with larger top prizes, more prize levels, and additional play areas built into each ticket.
If you’re weighing up whether to go higher, it helps to know what you’re comparing. The question of whether