Minnesota Lottery: Minnesota Gopher 5, Hot Lotto and Powerball

Everyone in Minnesota benefits from the lottery. For every dollar spent on Lottery tickets in Fiscal Year 2004,
58.2 cents went to pay prizes to winning players, 9.9 cents was used to pay ticket, online vendor and administrative costs, 5.9 cents was paid to retailers in the form of commission and incentives and the remaining 26 cents went to the state.

Since the Lottery started, $741.6 million has gone to the General Fund to support services such as K-12 education, health care, aid to local governments and public safety and the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund has received more than $338.5 million.

For Minnesota Gopher 5, select 5 balls from 42. 5 main balls are drawn plus 1 Bonus Ball from the remaining 37. There are 6 prize levels:

1. 5 main balls
2. 4 main balls + bonus ball
3. 4 main balls
4. 3 main balls + bonus ball
5. 3 main balls
6. 2 main balls + bonus ball

For multi-state Hot Lotto, select 5 numbers from 39 and another number (the Hot Ball) from a separate pool of 19. All 6 numbers are required to win first prize. There are 9 levels of prizes:

1. 5 main balls + hot ball
2. 5 main balls
3. 4 main balls + hot ball
4. 4 main balls
5. 3 main balls + hot ball
6. 3 main balls
7. 2 main balls + hot ball
8. 1 main ball + hot ball
9. hot ball only

For multi-state Powerball, select 5 numbers from 53 and another number (the Powerball) from a separate pool of 42. All 6 numbers are required to win first prize. There are 9 levels of prizes:

1. 5 main balls + powerball
2. 5 main balls
3. 4 main balls + powerball
4. 4 main balls
5. 3 main balls + powerball
6. 3 main balls
7. 2 main balls + powerball
8. 1 main ball + powerball
9. power ball only

Click here to go to the Minnesota Lottery's home page. The Minnesota Lottery's home page will open in a new window, so when you are finished, just close it by clicking on the x in its upper right corner.

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