Minnesota Millionaire Raffle offered 20,000 prizes in 2026 edition

The Minnesota Lottery’s 2026 Minnesota Millionaire Raffle put its focus on a wide spread of cash awards, offering 20,000 prizes from $50 to $1 million. The game included two top prizes of $1 million each, but its overall structure extended across multiple lower prize levels.

The Minnesota Lottery announced changes to the annual raffle on October 20, 2025. One of the most notable changes was the introduction of a $20,000 prize tier with 40 awards.

The revised prize table also included five prizes of $100,000, five prizes of $50,000 and five prizes of $25,000. Those awards sat below the two $1 million prizes and above additional tiers listed by the Minnesota Lottery.

The other prize amounts were $10,000, $500, $200, $100 and $50. Together with the larger awards, those tiers created a cash-prize range that began at $50 and reached the two $1 million prizes at the top.

The official overall odds of winning any cash prize were 1 in 50. That figure applied to the raffle’s full prize structure rather than only to the two largest awards.

The Minnesota Lottery offered one million tickets for the 2026 raffle. Each ticket cost $10, and tickets went on sale October 21, 2025.

The one-million-ticket supply did not remain available for long. The tickets sold out on November 3, 2025, in the fastest sellout in the game’s history, according to the Minnesota Lottery.

The raffle was available only in Minnesota. It has been offered annually since 2006, making the 2026 edition part of a long-running Minnesota Lottery game while also introducing the new $20,000 level.

The winning numbers for the 2026 raffle were announced on January 1, 2026. Readers looking for current Minnesota draw information can use the latest Minnesota lottery results page.

The game’s funding also extends beyond its prize table. Approximately $4 from each raffle ticket supports Minnesota’s environment and state programs, according to the Minnesota Lottery.

The 2026 raffle therefore combined a limited number of very large awards with thousands of prizes at lower amounts. Its defining figures were 20,000 total cash prizes, two $1 million top prizes, 40 new $20,000 awards and overall odds of 1 in 50 for winning any cash prize.

With the winning numbers announced at the start of 2026, the 2026 edition’s main changes and sales milestones are established: the raffle added a new mid-level prize tier, offered a broad range of cash awards, and reached a sellout faster than any previous edition.