Bits & Odds

Minnesota Lottery Numbers and Rules (September 2026)

Tonight's numbers, what a ticket costs in Minnesota, which add-ons Minnesota Lottery actually sells, and what all of that is worth — with the arithmetic shown.

Power Play is on sale in Minnesota; Double Play is not, so a Minnesota ticket tops out at $3 a line. At the jackpot standing after the September 16, 2026 draw, a $2 Powerball ticket bought in Minnesota is worth $0.72, 36c on the dollar after Minnesota's 9.85% withholding.

Multi-state games in Minnesota

What is different in Minnesota

Ticket price
$3 a line, all in
$2 base plus $1 each for Power Play.
Power Play
On sale — $1
Multiplies every prize below the jackpot by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10. We make the extra dollar worth about 46c.
Double Play
Not sold here
One of the 18 jurisdictions that do not offer it; the other 30 do.
Prize structure
Fixed, as the chart
The published amounts are what you are paid — Minnesota does not adjust them for sales.
State withholding
9.85%
Held back before the cheque is written, on top of 24% federal. What you finally owe is settled at filing.
Minimum age
18
Minnesota Lottery's own rule. Five jurisdictions set it higher.

Rules read from powerball.com and Minnesota Lottery on 2026-09-22. Withholding rates and the calculator.

Minnesota Lottery's own games

Minnesota Lottery runs draw games of its own, and their results are not in our database yet — we publish a game only once two independent official sources agree on every draw in its history, and we have not built that for Minnesota. Rather than republish a feed we have not checked, the page says so. Minnesota Lottery publishes its own results here.

What is on this page instead is the part nobody else computes: what the multi-state games are worth under Minnesota's rules, which is not what they are worth under anyone else's.

Minnesota lottery tools

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Minnesota lottery questions

What lottery games can you play in Minnesota?
Mega Millions and Powerball, plus Minnesota Lottery's own draw games and scratch tickets. We publish the multi-state analysis and the Minnesota rules; Minnesota Lottery's own draw games are not in our database yet.
Does Minnesota sell Power Play and Double Play?
Power Play, yes — $1 a play. Double Play, no: 30 of the 48 lotteries sell it and Minnesota is not one of them, so a Minnesota line tops out at $3.
How much tax does Minnesota withhold from lottery winnings?
9.85%, held back before the cheque is written and on top of 24% federal withholding. Withholding is not the final bill. The calculator works out what you would actually keep.
Which Minnesota lottery game has the best odds?
Mega Millions, at 1 in 23.07 of winning something — though the prizes are correspondingly smaller, and winning often is not the same as winning much.
Where do these Minnesota numbers come from?
The multi-state games are cross-checked against several official sources before we publish them. Every source is listed here. The Minnesota rules on this page were read from powerball.com and Minnesota Lottery on 2026-09-22.

About the Minnesota Lottery

Minnesota Lottery sells Powerball and Mega Millions alongside its own games. You must be 18 to buy a ticket, and a winning ticket has to be claimed in the jurisdiction where it was sold. mnlottery.com

Every jurisdiction is listed on the lottery hub — including Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah, which run no lottery at all.