The Virgin Islands Lottery

Message from Mr. Raymond J. Williams,

Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Lottery

As a member of the Virgin Islands Lottery, I want to endorse the fact that we work hard as a family to ensure that the product we deliver to our community helps to improve our everyday living.
The V.I. Lottery provides opportunities for our students, sporting activities, prescription drugs for individuals in our community who are challenged financially; we provide for the creation of Art, we assist in providing much needed financial support for our government retirees among many other charitable and enriching opportunities.
We have been in existence for more than 85 years and plan to continue to grow better and stronger every day.

Mr. Raymond J. Williams, Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Lottery, welcomes you to browse our website, check your winnings, or play the VI Lottery Game, or any of our other games.

Play the V.I. Lottery and Remember, "when you play the V.I. Lottery, everybody wins!"

Background

The Virgin Islands Lottery is the oldest continuous lottery in the United States. For the past 85 years the VI Lottery has been an integral part of social fabric of the Virgin Islands community. It was established in 1937 and the first drawing was held on January 25, 1938 at Emancipation Gardens on St. Thomas at noon.  From its inception it has been a staple providing relief, employment, and for many the games provide an opportunity to “Making dreams a reality”.

Through the years the Lottery has experienced significant growth and development and has increased its portfolio of games as a value-added measure and as a means of increasing player satisfaction. As a result, the agency has become much more visible and viable and is now a contributor par-excellence to the economy of the Virgin Islands, generating more than 17 million annually.

In fact, the VI Lottery agency is among the top revenue producers for the treasury of the territory. Annually, the VI Lottery (VIL) contributes an average of:

  • $1.5 million to the Public Schools,
  • $1 million to the GERS Retirees Bonus Program,
  • 1.5 million to the Pharmaceutical Assistance Program,
  • $100,000.00 to the office of Veterans Affairs,
  • $250,000.00 to the Horse Race Commission.

Learn more by visiting our Benefiting VI pages: Where the Money Goes and Contributions

Additionally the VIL created their Community Outreach Program through which $300,000.00 annually is divided up and granted to local nonprofit organizations. Visit our Sponsorship page to learn more about our Community Outreach Program and the various community programs we sponsor.

Our Mission & Vision

Our Vision is to bring the Virgin Islands Lottery’s accomplishments to new heights; to contribute effectively to the General Fund and to contribute to a better quality of life for the people of the Virgin Islands.

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Celebrating 85 Years of Making the Virgin Islands a Better Place to LIVE, WORK, & PLAY!

We invite you to come play The VI Lottery Game, or any of our other games. VI Lottery Tickets are available now at your local lottery office or dealer. One in eight people who play the VI Lottery are winners. You could win cash for education, travel, home improvement or paying off bills. Every ticket has a chance to win a part of the $704,300 total prize money — including the top prize of $175,000.
Need Tickets? Visit any of our retail vendors including Udder Delight, Caribana, Anna's Market, or any VI Lottery dealer.
A Wave of Opportunities!
Dr. Larry Larson, President, Ten Sleepless Knights, Inc.
"Our efforts of supporting young people would not be possible without the support of the Virgin Islands Lottery. The funds they have helped us with have enabled us to put on a number of events, which have raised additional funds which were able to support our young people in terms of securing their college degrees and preserving music. We want to thank the VI Lottery for their belief in our efforts, and their belief in our young people, and their academic excellence."
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Resa O’Reilly, Founder and President of Project Promise
"With the help of VI Lottery, we have been able to positivity impact the lives of these students for the past 2 and half years. With continued support we will see them through 12th grade and into college. On behalf of Project Promise and our Caterpillar Project, we want to thank VI Lottery for their support."
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Captain Joel Browne Connors, Squadron Commander, St. Thomas Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol
"I am Captain Joel Browne Connors the squadron commander for the St. Thomas Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol. I have been in the program for 11 years now. So the civil air patrol has 3 primary missions. Aerospace education, cadet program and emergency services. The program is for cadets ages 12-21 years of age. We want to get them involved in the medical field, we want get them involved in emergency management, assist with them disasters, we want to get them involved in flying. We want to get them on that career path so they can learn to become pilots. I would like to thank the VI Lottery for their support and belief in the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program of the Virgin Islands and their continued support in the near future."
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Leona Edwards, VIBA Secretar, St. Croix Chapter
"Our youngest professional player, Mahkeal Parris, traveled to Moscow, Russia this past October to participate in the World Juniors 9-ball Championship. I am so excited to say that Mahkeal came in, he won the 2018 World Junior 9-Ball Championship Game, not only making history here for St. Croix, but history for Team U.S. This is their first time ever winning this title. It was just a great experience to have attended. We would like to thank the VI Lottery for partnering with us on this trip to Moscow Russia. We could not have done it without you. We are so grateful to have had that opportunity and look forward to partnering more with you in the future."
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Jason Jordan, Founder of Youth Development Academy (YDA)
"One life lesson I would really want our youth to grasp is the philosophy that we teach which is 'Orunashingu' which means 'all or not at all.' We really strive to instill in them that anything that you set your hands to do, you make sure that you do it to the best of your ability and that if you start a task you finish it. In five years, we plan to be on every island, we plan to have most of our students who have been in the program long enough to teach the class and develop other students themselves. We believe in 'each one teach one.' We really appreciate VI lottery and we thank you for partnering with us. Without your support we cannot really achieve the things that we are setting out to do. We thank you and we wish you continued success."
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Lorraine Milliner, President and Founder, Healthy Encores, Inc.
"On behalf of Healthy Encores staff and volunteers, words are not adequate to express our sincere appreciation for V.I. Lottery’s sponsorship and generous support of the 2017 Annual Healthy Encores Health Fair and Health Awareness weekend in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Your financial support helps us continue in our mission and assist those in the community."

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