Lotto South was a lottery game in Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia. It resulted from the merger of three smaller jackpot games in September 2001. This was done to increase the size of the advertised jackpot by pooling them. Oddly, the 6/49 matrix of one of the games it replaced was not expanded.

Drawings took place at WTVR-TV studios in Richmond, Virginia. It was drawn Wednesdays and Saturdays. The drawing time was 11:00PM eastern time (10:00PM central). Jackpots started at $2 million and increased by $500,000 or $1 million if no winner. It was administered jointly by the three participants.

Its record jackpot was $27 million won on December 31, 2005.

In January 2006, it was announced that the game would be retired; its final drawing took place on February 25. The jackpot of $4,500,000 was not won. The lower tier prizes only doubled, rather than rolling down the entire jackpot pool. The three lotteries kept the rest of the jackpot money.

Unlike Lotto South, in which all jackpot winners could choose cash (the vast majority did), its replacement does not offer a cash option. That game, in turn, may be ending; Kentucky, a Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) member, is considering switching to Hot Lotto (a smaller version of Powerball) in its 2009 fiscal year. (The other two lotteries participate in Mega Millions.)