VIRGINIA (DC News Now) -- Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Monday that the Virginia Lottery ended the 2025 Fiscal Year (FY) with over $901 million going toward public education. The lottery ended with the second-highest profit in the lottery's 37-year history, according to lottery officials.

Under the Commonwealth's law, profits from the Virginia Lottery support public education for grades K-12. Therefore, a portion of every play and ticket is profit, regardless of whether the ticket wins a prize.

“Every dollar generated through the Lottery directly supports the teachers, schools, and programs shaping the next generation of Virginians, reinforcing our promise to provide a world-class education. This vital source of funding represents nearly 10 percent of our K-12 education budget to ens

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