New Massive Minnesota Lottery Win Of Over $1.5 Million Reported

It seems that wherever you go now in Minnesota, there are plenty of games to play to try win money, or, in my case, donate to a local organization while watching others win.

Pull tabs, e-tabs, meat raffles, and other games await at every turn, as do the several popular lottery games that are just a convenience store away, and while it's fun to try to win big, the reality is that the odds are heavily stacked against you.

However, there are lucky people in Minnesota who do win big, and that was recently the case with a game that is exclusive to the state.

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Minnesota Lottery Announces Big Gopher 5 Jackpot Winner

Gopher 5 is a lottery game exclusive to Minnesota. Tickets are $1 per play, and the jackpot starts at $100,000 and grows until someone has all five winning numbers. The Minnesota Lottery notes that a portion of every dollar played helps protect Minnesota’s great outdoors.

Winning numbers are drawn around 6:17 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and players win different amounts of money by matching two, three, four, or five numbers. Match all five numbers, and you win the jackpot, which is what happened recently.

On Friday, February 27, the Gopher 5 jackpot had grown to $1,509,594. That evening, the following winning numbers were drawn: 2, 6, 10, 35, and 47.

Those lucky numbers happened to be on a ticket purchased in Andover, Minnesota, which is about 20-25 miles north of Minneapolis. The winning ticket was purchased at Bill's Superette, located at 14041 Round Lake Boulevard NW.

As of March 2, the massive jackpot is still unclaimed. Hopefully, the winner still has their ticket and remembers to check the winning numbers from February 27.

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However, unless they decide to come forward publicly, we may never know who that person is. Lottery regulations are in place to protect winners who win over $10,000. Big-money winners can become targets for scammers and fraud, so the Minnesota Lottery will not divulge their name unless they first agree to it.

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