Lotto South was a multi-state lottery game in Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia. It resulted form the merger of the three states' main games in September 2001. This was done to increase the size of the advertised jackpot by pooling them. Interestingly, the 6/49 matrix (the largest of the three games it replaced) of Virginia's game was not expanded. Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties Libertarian Party State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Generally speaking, advertising is the paid promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas by an identified sponsor. ... Jackpot is: A former British comic. ... The term Pooling is the grouping together of assets, samples, equipment etc. ...

Drawings took place at the WTVR studios in Richmond. Like its predecessors, it was drawn each Wednesday and Saturday. The drawing time was 11:00PM eastern time (10:00PM central) with host Mikki Spencer. Jackpots started at two million dollars and usually increased by $500,000 or $1 million if no one won. It was administered jointly by the three states. WTVR-TV (CBS6) is a CBS television affiliate based in Richmond, Virginia. ... Richmond refers to various place names, schools and universities, people, and other uses around the world. ...

Its record jackpot was US$27 million won on December 31, 2005 to one winner in Rome, Georgia. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In January 2006, it was announced that the game would be retired. Its final drawing took place on February 25, 2006. The jackpot of $4,500,000 was not won. As a result, the lower tier prizes only doubled, instead of rolling down the entire jackpot pool. The three states kept the remainder of the jackpot money.

Unlike Lotto South, its replacement does not allow most top-prize winners to choose lump sum.