Powerball Fever: Minnesota’s Biggest Wins You Have To See

As the Powerball jackpot rockets toward $1 billion again, many of us here in Minnesota are once again dreaming big — and for good reason. From life-changing jackpots to unforgettable lottery legends, these Minnesotans already know what it feels like to turn a simple ticket into instant fortune.

The Powerball lottery has been around for a long time-- it just celebrated its 30th anniversary a few years ago, in April of 2022-- and has given away a LOT of money. According to the official Powerball website, since its creation in 1992, Powerball has raised $27 billion for "good causes supported by lotteries," the site says.

Minnesota Powerball Winners Are Beating the Odds Again

The Powerball lottery is currently played here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes along with 43 other states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. But not all states have had the same number of winners. Due to their large populations, it makes sense that states like California and New York have had a decent share of Powerball winners.

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But when it comes to winning the Powerball, don't sleep on the Land of 10,000 Lakes. In fact, the Minnesota Lottery announced on September 1st that a lucky Minnesotan who purchased a Powerball ticket at Casey's General Store in Stacy had won $150,000.

And, check out these other recent lucky Minnesota Powerball winners as well:

• $50,000 - Kwik Trip in Blaine on Dec 8, 2025
• $50,000 - Riverfront Store in Wannaska on Dec 4, 2025
• $50,000 - Lucky's Station in Eden Prairie on Dec 1, 2025
• $50,000 - Fleet Farm Fuel in Oakdale on Nov 24, 2025
• $56,748 - Sharbel Petroleum Co. in Minneapolis on Nov 21, 2025

While not playing Powerball specifically, two more Minnesotans won big recently playing these Minnesota Lottery games, as well:

• $200,000 - Winning Black Ice ticket sold at Airport Kiosk in St. Paul, MN on Nov 14, 2025
• $200,000 - Winning Lucky Lines Diamond Multiplier winning ticket sold at Bobby & Steve's Auto World in Bloomington, MN on Nov 10, 2025

New Minnesota Lottery Law Keeps Big Winners Private

Finding out *who* won that prize, though, and any other big lottery prizes, is now a little trickier in the North Star State, thanks to a new law that went into effect in September of 2021. According to the Minnesota Lottery, the 2021 law now allows lottery winners of cash prizes greater than $10,000 to keep their names—and their cities—private, unless they explicitly opt in to publicity.

The names and cities of lottery prize winners above $10,000 in Minnesota are automatically considered private data unless a winner chooses to opt in to publicity.

Biggest Minnesota Powerball Jackpots Ever Revealed

However, for the 29 years between 1992 and 2021, we *do* know just which Minnesotans hit it big by winning the Powerball jackpot. Take a look at who they are and how much they won:

If you'd like to join that list-- and who wouldn't, right?!?-- the current Powerball jackpot is sitting at $930 million for the Wednesday, December 10, 2025, drawing. That would give you a whopping $429 million if you were the sole winner and took the cash payout!

But here's the thing: Powerball says the overall odds of winning ANY prize are just 1 in 24.9 (which is pretty good, right?), but the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. It doesn't hurt to dream, though, right?

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