eXTRA Chances Prizes

The eXTRA Chances Promotion offers great prizes every week, and every month has a specific prize theme!

This Month's Prizes

September - Restaurant Gift Cards

Every Tuesday in September, 15 winners each will win $300 in restaurant gift cards.

Upcoming Prizes

October - Grocery Bonanza

Every Tuesday in October, 25 winners each will win a $350 grocery-store gift card.

November - Movie Mania

Every Tuesday in November, 30 winners each will win a $150 Fandango® gift card.

eXTRA Chances Drawings

Check out the upcoming eXTRA Chances promotion entry and drawing dates here. Keep in mind that we’re always switching up the prizes, so check back often to see what your nonwinning Scratcher could win for you!

August -Shopping Fun

September - Restaurant Gift Cards

October - Grocery Bonanza

November - Movie Mania 

Mailing Address:

Mail your entry to the eXTRA Chances P.O. Box listed on the back of your Scratcher.

*Approximate prize value

eXTRA Chances Official Rules

This page does not contain a complete list of rules for our eXTRA Chances promotion. Please go here for a copy of our eXTRA Chances promotion official rules from Jan - June 2023 (Amendment one - go here, amendment two click here). Please go here for a copy of our eXTRA Chances promotion official rules from July - December 2023

eXTRA Chances General Information

• Prize drawings will be held every Tuesday.
• Entries for each weekly drawing must be received by 11:59:59 p.m. on the Sunday prior to the Tuesday drawing.
• Entries submitted will be valid for the appropriate drawing based on the date the entry is received by the Virginia Lottery.
• To participate, a player must submit one (1) eligible, nonwinning Scratcher with the eXTRA Chances logo.
• Players will receive entries into the appropriate weekly drawing equal to the price point of the Scratcher entry (example: $5 Scratcher = five entries).
• This promotion is open to players 18 years of age or older. Players may be required to provide proof of their date of birth.
• A player may enter more than once as long as a different eligible, nonwinning Scratcher with the eXTRA Chances logo is submitted as an entry.
• A player is eligible to win one (1) prize per drawing.
• The odds of winning any prize in the eXTRA Chances promotion depend on the total number of entries received.
• The Virginia Lottery will not be responsible for entries submitted incorrectly or received before the start date or after the entry deadline date. Such entries shall be deemed invalid.
• We try to contact winners by email, phone and/or mail. If you want us to reach you quickly, be sure your contact information is up to date in your MyGameRoom account. If we can't reach a winner by the deadline listed in the rules, we will move on to an alternate.

eXTRA Chances Entry Information

• To enter the eXTRA Chances promotion, a player must have a valid MyGameRoom account.
• Players may submit up to 25 eligible, nonwinning Scratchers with the eXTRA Chances logo per day for this promotion.
• For our eXTRA Chances promotion, you DO NOT need to keep your tickets once you have successfully submitted all the ticket information.
• All nonwinning Scratchers with the eXTRA Chances logo are eligible for entry into eXTRA Chances. The number of entries you receive is equal to the price of the nonwinning eXTRA Chances Scratcher you enter.

eXTRA Chances Registration and Login

• My password is not being accepted when I try to log in. What's wrong?
  Most likely, you haven't opened a MyGameRoom account. You'll need to open an account to enter your ticket(s). Click Register in the top-right corner of any page to register. Once completed, click the Continue button.
• I forgot my password. What should I do?
  Click Login in the top-right corner of any page, and follow the instructions to have your password emailed to you. You'll need to use the original email address you used to open a MyGameRoom account even if it is no longer current.
• How do I update MyGameRoom account information? 
  To update any of your account information, please call (804) 420-9584.

Submitting entries from the website for eXTRA Chances

• I am not able to enter my tickets. When I click on Enter Now, I am asked to log in. Why is this happening?
  To enter this promotion online, you need a MyGameRoom account. To open an account, click Register in the top-right corner of any page. Once completed, click the Continue button. 
• Where do I find the numbers that I am supposed to enter?
  The Web Code is the 6-digit alphanumeric code found under the latex on the front of the ticket. The Promotion Entry Number is the 14-digit number found on the back of the ticket.
• I received a message that says my ticket has already been entered. How can that be if I have the ticket in my possession, and what should I do?
  First, check your list of previously submitted entries to verify that the ticket has not been previously entered by you. If it has not, please contact the Lottery by filling out the email form on our Contact Us page. Include all applicable numbers that you tried to enter, and the Virginia Lottery will investigate.
• May I enter a drawing more than once?
  Yes. You may enter a drawing more than once. Players may submit up to 25 eligible, nonwinning eXTRA Chances Scratchers per day for this promotion. However, a player is eligible to win only one (1) prize per drawing.
• I have tickets, but I can't remember whether I have entered them into the drawing. How can I see which tickets have been entered?
  Each time you submit a ticket, a record of the entry appears in your list of entries at the bottom of the page where you submitted your tickets. All your entries are in that list, so you may cross-reference that list with the tickets you are holding.
• May I dispose of the tickets after I have entered them?
  Yes. For this promotion, you do not need to keep your tickets once you have successfully submitted them.
• Do I need to be a Virginia resident to enter this Virginia Lottery promotion?
  No. There are no restrictions for out-of-state players. Anyone who is eligible to purchase Virginia Lottery tickets is eligible to participate in this promotion.  

eXTRA Chances Winners and Prizes

• How do I find out if I have been selected as a weekly winner?
  For all drawings, an unofficial list of winners will be posted on our website no more than five (5) business days after each drawing. Winners become official once we've verified they qualify. We check age, identification and entry validity. We will contact winners directly to explain how to claim a prize.
• I submitted several entries into the drawing. Why didn't I win a prize?
  The odds of winning a prize in this promotion depend on the total number of entries received.

Hot 7s 7X eXTRA Chances

Only nonwinning tickets of the games listed below are eligible for the 7X eXTRA Chances entries. The game number is before the game name. The ticket price is in parentheses.

• #2238 Red Hot 7s ($1)
• #2239 Sizzling Hot 7s ($2)
• #2240 Fiery Hot 7s ($5)
• #2241 Scorching Hot 7s ($30)

For example, a regular nonwinning $30 Scratcher with the eXTRA Chances logo is worth 30 eXTRA Chances entries. If you enter a nonwinning Scorching Hot 7s Scratcher (Game #2241), which costs $30, into the eXTRA Chances promotion through October 1, you’ll get 210 eXTRA Chances entries!

Eligible Scratchers must be entered into eXTRA Chances via the Lottery app or valottery.com to be eligible for the 7X eXTRA Chances entries. Mailed entries will not be eligible for the entry multiplication.

Here are the prizes for September eXTRA Chances and October eXTRA Chances. Every Tuesday in September, 15 winners each will win $300 in restaurant gift cards. Every Tuesday in October, 25 winners each will win a $350 grocery-store gift card.

The entries from tickets entered from September 18, 2023, through September 24, 2023, will be eligible for the final September eXTRA Chances drawing. The entries from tickets entered from September 25, 2023, through October 1, 2023, will be entered into the first October eXTRA Chances drawing.

Drawings

The entry deadline for each drawing is 11:59:59 p.m. ET on the date listed under the Entry Deadline heading above. In each of the first three drawings, there will be 15 winners, and each winner will win $300 in restaurant gift cards. In the fourth drawing, there will be 25 winners, and each winner will win a $350 grocery-store gift card.

Hot 7s Rules Tab

• The promotional entry period is September 5, 2023, through October 1, 2023, at 11:59:59 p.m. ET.
• Nonwinning Hot 7s Scratchers with the following game numbers – 2238, 2239, 2240 or 2241 - are the only games that will generate seven (7) times the eXTRA Chances entries when entered during the promotional entry period. Please check here for a complete list of entry dates, deadlines and draw dates.
• Entries for this promotion are accepted through the Lottery website and Lottery mobile app only.
• Players entering via the Lottery website can enter both the ticket’s Promotion Entry Number and eXTRA Chances Web Code manually to complete the entry process. A player also can use his or her mobile phone to scan the Scratcher’s Ticket Number Barcode at valottery.com or in the Lottery app to complete the entry process.
• This promotion is open to players 18 years of age or older. Players may be required to provide proof of date of birth.
• A player may enter the promotion more than once as long as a different qualifying Scratcher is submitted. 
• Players may submit a maximum of 25 eligible Scratchers per day for this promotion.
• Players do not need to retain the Scratcher(s) once the Scratcher(s) has been entered.
• All entries submitted have an equal chance of winning a prize.
• Odds of winning any prize in the eXTRA Chances promotion depend on the total number of entries received.
• The Virginia Lottery will not be responsible for entries submitted incorrectly or received before the entry start date or after the end date. Such entries shall be deemed invalid.
• We try to contact winners by email, phone and/or mail. If you want us to reach you quickly, be sure your contact information is up to date in your MyGameRoom account. If we can't reach a winner by the deadline listed in the rules, we will then move on to an alternate.