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Minnesota · Game #1999

Red Hot $1,000s

$10per ticket

Sale status unconfirmed · Collected Oct 15, 2026, 8:17 AM CDT

Latest lottery dataData updated Oct 15, 2026

Game summary

What to know about this ticket

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Our estimate

Average payout

$6.98

Across lots of tickets, we estimate an average of $6.98 back for each $10 ticket.

$0.70 back per $1 spent · -$3.02 after the ticket cost

No daily comparison
What does this mean?
Think of a big pile of tickets: this is the prize money per ticket on average. It doesn’t tell you what your next ticket will pay.
Our estimate

Payout without the jackpot

$5.68

For a $10 ticket, the estimated average payout is $5.68 when the $1,000 top prize is treated as $0.

Return vs. ticket price, without the jackpot: -43.2%

No daily comparison
What does this mean?
Big jackpots can make a ticket's average look much better even though winning one is extremely unlikely. This number shows its estimated value if the biggest prize pays $0.
Our estimate

Chance of Any Prize

26.6%

About 1 in 3.76 remaining tickets

Includes the top prize and prizes that only return your ticket cost. A prize does not necessarily mean a profit.

No daily comparison
What does this mean?
This estimates the chance that a remaining ticket has any published prize. A winning ticket may only break even, so this is not your chance of making money.
From the lottery

Top prize

$1,000

1,280 still unclaimed in the lottery data.

No changevs Oct 14, 2026
What does this mean?
How many of the game's biggest prizes the lottery says are still unclaimed. This does not establish whether tickets are still for sale.
Our estimate

Chance of coming out ahead

13.6%

A prize worth more than the ticket price. Winning your ticket cost back doesn’t count as coming out ahead.

Our estimate

Chance of the top prize

0.1%

About 1 in 770.7 remaining tickets. This is an estimate.

Remaining prizes and tickets

What’s left in this game

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Worked out from lottery data

Unclaimed prizes

Not published

Out of 518,961 prizes in the source table.

Our estimate

Estimated remaining prizes: 262,365.

Worked out from the model’s count inputs below. The source does not publish a complete remaining count.

Counts include tickets already sold whose prizes haven’t been claimed.

From the lottery

Top prizes left

1,280

Out of 2,532 top prizes originally.

50.6% left1,252 no longer remaining

No changevs Oct 14, 2026

From the lottery report for this game.

Our estimate

Estimated tickets left

986,493

1,951,293 tickets estimated at the start.

No daily comparison

Tickets left are an estimate. Unclaimed prizes don’t tell us exactly how many tickets are still for sale.

First on sale
May 7, 2024

We use lottery data to estimate average payouts and tickets left. These are estimates, not promises about your next ticket. See how we work it out →

Original vs. current

Original and current numbers

See the original numbers next to what we estimate for the tickets left.

Odds of any prize

Original at launch
1 in 3.7626.6% chance · Lottery-published
Latest estimate
1 in 3.7626.6% chance · PrizeGauge estimate

Unchanged from launch

Average prize payout

Original at launch
$6.98Per ticket · Estimate using original data
Latest estimate
$6.98Per ticket · PrizeGauge estimate

Approximately unchanged from launch

A smaller “1 in” number means a higher chance. Any prize includes prizes that only return the ticket cost. Original odds may be rounded; current values are estimates, not guaranteed outcomes.

Compare the price and average payouts

Here’s how the ticket price compares with the average prize payout we estimate. Your ticket could pay more, less, or nothing.

Ticket costs
$10.00
Estimated average payout
$6.98
Without the top prize
$5.68
What do these numbers mean?
From the lottery

Published by the lottery.

Worked out from lottery data

Worked out from the lottery’s own numbers.

Our estimate

Our best estimate, using data and assumptions we explain.

Average payout
Think of a big pile of tickets: this is the prize money per ticket on average. It doesn’t tell you what your next ticket will pay.
Return vs. ticket price
How the estimated average payout stacks up against what you spend. A minus sign means the average payout is less than the ticket price.
Payout without the jackpot
Big jackpots can make a ticket's average look much better even though winning one is extremely unlikely. This number shows its estimated value if the biggest prize pays $0.
Chance of Any Prize
This estimates the chance that a remaining ticket has any published prize. A winning ticket may only break even, so this is not your chance of making money.
Top Prizes Left
How many of the game's biggest prizes the lottery says are still unclaimed. This does not establish whether tickets are still for sale.
Estimated Tickets Left
Our estimate of how many tickets may remain. The lottery does not publish this exact number, and sold but unclaimed tickets can affect it.
How reliable is the estimate?
How much trust to put in the estimate. It is not your chance of winning. Unknown means we don’t have a rating.
What does this mean?
Each ticket is a gamble. Better-looking numbers don’t promise a winning ticket.
Take a closer look: prizes, calculations & sources

The numbers behind the ticket

How we work it out →
Our estimate

Estimated average payout today

$6.98

Estimated prize payout per ticket

Our estimate

EV Without the Top Prize

$5.68

Average prize value after treating the biggest prize as $0

Our estimate

ROI Without the Top Prize

-43.2%

How that alternate average payout compares with ticket price

Our estimate

Original EV

$6.98

Launch payout with modeled prize valuations

Our estimate

Modeled ROI

-30.2%

Estimated net return / ticket price

Our estimate

Average payout per $1 spent

$0.70

A 70¢ payout per $1 spent means a 30¢ average loss

Our estimate

Average return after the ticket cost

-$3.02

Estimated average prize payout minus the ticket price

From the lottery

Top prizes remaining

1,280

Original top prizes: 2,532

Our estimate

Estimated Tickets Left

986,493

An estimate, not an exact count from the lottery

Our estimate

Analytics availability

Launch: available

Full current EV: available

Without top prize: available

Chance of any prize: available

Confidence rating not published

We use lottery data to estimate average payouts and tickets left. These are estimates, not promises about your next ticket. See how we work it out →

How this estimate was made

Launch basis: published inception odds. Inventory basis: inferred from prize odds.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

Model assumptions
  • The complete original winning-prize counts and published overall odds describe one unchanged print cohort.
  • At least two tiers with 500 or more original prizes estimate remaining ticket inventory, weighted by original prize count; prize claims can lag ticket sales.
  • Missing remaining tier counts are estimated from that tier’s original count and the common remaining fraction; these estimates are separate from official counts.

What goes into this estimate

Uses a partial prize table. Missing rows need extra assumptions.

Original prize table: complete. Remaining prize table: partial or unavailable.

Minnesota publishes remaining counts for prizes of $500 and up; unpublished lower-tier remaining counts remain null.

See calculated counts and prize-value assumptions

These are the model’s inputs. A calculated or estimated count is separate from the literal count in the prize table.

Count and value inputs considered by the model
Prize wordingValue usedOriginal count usedRemaining count used
$10$10.00Published cash value253,564Published count128,191Estimated from prize depletion
$20$20.00Published cash value126,786Published count64,098Estimated from prize depletion
$25$25.00Published cash value78,070Published count39,469Estimated from prize depletion
$30$30.00Published cash value12,146Published count6,141Estimated from prize depletion
$50$50.00Published cash value29,244Published count14,785Estimated from prize depletion
$100$100.00Published cash value15,193Published count7,681Estimated from prize depletion
$500$500.00Published cash value1,426Published count721Published count
$1,000$1,000.00Published cash value2,532Published count1,280Published count

From the official source

The lottery’s prize table

Original overall odds: 1 in 3.76

These are the source’s published rows. A dash means the count is not published. Calculated original totals are labeled, and any derived remaining counts appear separately in the model inputs.

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Prize amounts and counts from this report. Current odds and average payout contributions, where shown, are estimates.
PrizeOriginal prizesOriginal odds · from lotteryRemaining prizes
$10
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
253,5641 in 7.69—
$20
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
126,7861 in 15.38—
$25
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
78,0701 in 24.98—
$30
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
12,1461 in 160.58—
$50
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
29,2441 in 66.69—
$100
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
15,1931 in 128.37—
$500
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprinte91329e563ad6b7cf1f95c98a444897fb35f58056d23594d5021a362928f41ee
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprinte91329e563ad6b7cf1f95c98a444897fb35f58056d23594d5021a362928f41ee
1,4261 in 1,367.7472150.6% of 1,426 left
$1,000
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprinte91329e563ad6b7cf1f95c98a444897fb35f58056d23594d5021a362928f41ee
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprintefa7b18d2ff0bc4610178779f1aaca921d48adef54f2ab62b920768f70035fa5
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC
Response fingerprinte91329e563ad6b7cf1f95c98a444897fb35f58056d23594d5021a362928f41ee
2,5321 in 770.31,28050.6% of 2,532 left

About the estimates

Methodology & source

Each lottery publishes different information. We use the available game data and stated assumptions to estimate average payouts and tickets left. An unclaimed prize count is not a count of tickets still for sale.

Published prize observations stay separate from estimates. The model uses this game's reported coverage, ticket inventory and count assumptions; unavailable values retain their source explanations.

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Game history

See how the numbers have changed

A gap means we don’t have a number

We keep the last update of each day, using Central Time. If a day has no number, we leave a gap. We don’t fill in guesses.

Past numbers include calculations from archived prize reports. This covers the dates we have collected. 7-day change: insufficient history. 30-day change: insufficient history.

Estimated average payout Last update of each day · Central Time
No daily comparison

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Estimated average payout observations
DateEstimated average payoutChange from previous day
Oct 14, 2026—No daily comparison
Oct 15, 2026$6.98No daily comparison
Prizes remaining Last update of each day · Central Time
No daily comparison

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Prizes remaining observations
DatePrizes remainingUnclaimed countTotal prizesChange from previous day
Oct 14, 2026———No daily comparison
Oct 15, 2026——518,961No daily comparison
Top prizes remaining From the lottery · published count
No changevs Oct 14, 2026

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1.28K1.28K1.28KOct 14, 2026: 1,280Oct 15, 2026: 1,280Oct 14, 2026Oct 15, 2026
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Top prizes remaining observations
DateTop prizes remainingChange from previous day
Oct 14, 20261,280No daily comparison
Oct 15, 20261,280No change compared with Oct 14, 2026
Estimated tickets left Last update of each day · Central Time
No daily comparison

We need more daily numbers to chart estimated tickets left. At least two days with available values are needed.

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Estimated tickets left observations
DateEstimated tickets leftChange from previous day
Oct 14, 2026—No daily comparison
Oct 15, 2026986,493No daily comparison