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Minnesota Gopher 5 Payouts and Prize Matrix Winning the Minnesota Gopher 5 takes more than just luck. You need to have the right tools and knowledge to increase your chances of getting the jackpot. Below are the details of what you can win in Gopher 5. Gopher 5 is one of those things. It only takes $1 to play for jackpots that start at $100,000. Leave it all up to luck and ask for a Gopher 5 quick pick or choose your own numbers. Pick five numbers from 1 – 47. Aug 19, 2020 Winning numbers for Gopher 5 are drawn on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 6:17 PM. If you bought your Gopher 5 ticket in person, prizes up to $50,000 are claimable by mail. It offers the brand-name lotto games Daily 3, Gopher 5, and Northstar Cash, as well as several other scratch games, 'print-n-play' games, and raffles. The minimum legal age to purchase a ticket or claim in a prize in Minnesota is 18. Winners have one year from the date of the draw to claim game prizes.

Gopher 5 is a Minnesota Lottery exclusive draw game offering a jackpot that starts at $100,000 and keeps rolling until one lucky winner matches all five numbers. There are a total of four prize levels and draws take place three times per week, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at approximately 6:17 pm CT. Pick up your tickets before sales end at 6:10 pm on draw nights.


How to Play

Pick your five favorite numbers between 1 and 47, or check the Quick Pick box and the lottery computer will choose them randomly. Each play costs $1.00.

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If you match all five numbers the lottery draws, you take home the jackpot. You can also win a prize by matching two, three, or four numbers.

Keep the fun going with a multi-draw ticket. Play your numbers for up to 14 consecutive draws at a cost of $1.00 per play multiplied by the number of draws. If you choose to enter multiple draws, your ticket will show a date range instead of a single date.

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Gopher 5 Prizes and Odds of Winning

The table below has the details on the game's four prize levels and chances of winning. Hit the jackpot if you match all five numbers; the top prize starts at a minimum $100,000 and keeps growing with each roll.

Although on your ticket your numbers are printed in numerical order, you can win by matching the drawn numbers in any order - they don't need to be in the exact order the lottery selects them.

Gopher 5 Results

Overall odds of a winning any Gopher 5 prize are just 1 in 12.

Gopher 5 Minnesota Lottery

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MN Gopher 5 Prizes and Odds of Winning
Numbers MatchedPrizeOdds of Winning
5Jackpot*1 in 1,533,939
4$5001 in 7,304
3$151 in 178
2$11 in 13
*The jackpot is a cash prize; if there is more than one winner, it will be divided equally.
Overall odds of winning a Gopher 5 prize are approximately 1 in 12.

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