Virgin Islands Lottery (US)

A lottery exists within the United States Virgin Islands, the only US lottery outside the mainland and Puerto Rico. It was established in 1937 and became an independent agency of the territorial government in 1971. The USVI is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). It is the smallest US lottery to offer either Powerball, Mega Millions or scratchcard games. The USVI Lottery is also a member of the Caribbean Lottery, in which other islands, such as Sint Maarten, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Barbados, participate. Minimum age to play the Virgin Islands Lottery is 18.

The lottery headquarters is in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas.

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Lotteries in the United States

US lotteries	Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas US Virgin Islands Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Multi-state games (by number of jurisdictions)	Powerball (47) Mega Millions (46) Lucky for Life (23) Hot Lotto (15) Cash4Life (8) MegaHits (5) 2by2 (3) Tri-State Lottery (3) All or Nothing (2)

Former multi-state games	Cash4Life (1998–2000) Daily Millions Decades of Dollars Lotto*America Lotto South Midwest Millions Monopoly Millionaires' Club Wild Card Win for Life

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