Minnesota (MN) Lottery Results & Winning Numbers (2024)

FAQs

Is North 5 only in Minnesota? ›

When it comes to jackpot games, North 5 is our shining star! This only-in-Minnesota game is the most winnable out of all our jackpot games — the jackpot is 9 times easier to win than Gopher 5 and 1,720 times easier to win than Powerball — so it's no wonder why North 5 is the game to play.

Pick five numbers from 1–69 and one Powerball number from 1–26. There are nine ways to win, starting with $4 for matching just the Powerball. Match the first five numbers plus the Powerball to win the jackpot. Jackpots start at $20 million and keep growing until someone wins.

The Minnesota State Lottery was established in 1989 and began selling tickets in 1990. It offers scratch tickets and in-state and multi-state draw games. Legislators first introduced the idea of a state-operated lottery during the 1972 legislative session.

Northstar Cash!

With jackpots starting at $25,000, Northstar Cash has the best odds of all Minnesota jackpot games. In case you need a game refresher, Northstar Cash has drawings every day with 4 ways to win a prize.

Hot numbers are the numbers that are drawn most often in any given lottery in any given time frame.

To better your chances of winning any lottery, you have to buy more tickets, he said. The more tickets, the more chances of choosing the right combination of numbers. But Kapoor is cautious about describing that as improving your odds.

Minnesota Rule 7856.4010, subpart 16, permits retailers to accept coin, currency, money orders and checks for the payment of lottery tickets. Also, since the use of a check card or debit card is the same as a check, the use of those cards is also permitted.

Taxes/Withholding

Current federal tax law requires the Lottery to withhold 24 percent in federal income taxes, and current Minnesota state law requires the Lottery to withhold 7.25 percent in Minnesota state income taxes.

By Minnesota Statute, lottery revenue is paid out towards prizes, administrative expenses, and retailers, and the remaining portion is split between a wildlife and environment trust fund and the state's general fund. The exact distribution of proceeds has changed several times since the lottery's creation.

With 39 winners, this represents almost 10% of all jackpot winners. Missouri has the second-highest number of winners at 31 – or about 8% of the total winners. Minnesota is home to nearly 6% of all jackpot winners, with a total of 22.

How many numbers to win Mega Millions? ›

Mega Millions® tickets cost $2.00 per play. Players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 25 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing.

Play Mega Millions for just $2. Purchase tickets at your local Lottery retailer or at your nearest Lottery vending machine. Drawings are every Tuesday and Friday at 8:00 p.m. Find out where to play here.

The starting Mega Millions jackpot is an estimated $20 million and this prize keeps growing until someone wins it.

Gopher 5 is a Minnesota-only lotto game. Each ticket costs $1 to play. Jackpots start at $100,000 and grow until won. The overall odds to win a Gopher 5 jackpot are 1 in 1,533,939.

Economic Development Region 5 – North Central (EDR5) is a mostly rural, five-county region located in the middle of the state, just north of the St. Cloud Metro Area. Region 5 was the seventh largest of 13 economic development regions (EDRs) in the state, accounting for 3% of the state's total population.

The approximate overall odds of winning a Gopher 5 prize are 1 in 12.00. Prize claims must be submitted within one (1) year of the drawing date.

Lake of the Woods, where there is a panoramic view of the waters and forests by day and, sometimes, the Milky Way and northern lights by night. Separated from the rest of Minnesota by Lake of the Woods, the Northwest Angle is the northernmost point in the continental U.S. Prime dark skies territory, in other words.