| If you are a lotto player in Minnesota, you are | | | | to this game. And, because of the number of |
| lucky because Minnesota State Lottery offers | | | | people that can play it in all of the participating |
| many games for you to choose from. But with | | | | states, the jackpots tend to be huge, often |
| so many games, how do you know which are the | | | | reaching the hundreds of millions of dollars level. |
| best games to play? | | | | But, of course, Powerball is one of the most |
| I believe that the two best games that Minnesota | | | | difficult lotteries to win. The odds of winning the |
| State Lottery offers is Gopher 5 and Powerball. | | | | jackpot are approximately 1-in-195-million. The |
| So, which of the two should you choose to play? | | | | jackpots are big, but it really is a long-shot. |
| That depends on what type of lottery player you | | | | If you are the second type of lottery player, you |
| are. There are two types of lottery players. The | | | | should play Gopher 5. Gopher 5 doesn't offer |
| first wants to win as much money as he can, no | | | | nearly the size of jackpots that Powerball does, |
| matter what the odds are. The second type of | | | | but the game has much better odds. The |
| lottery player also wants to win as much money | | | | jackpots start at $100,000 and keep growing if |
| as possible, but pays attention to the odds | | | | nobody wins it and the odds of winning, at |
| because he wants to play games that he has a | | | | approximately 1-in-1.5-million, are relatively good. If |
| better probability of winning. | | | | you buy just a single Gopher 5 ticket and a single |
| If you are the first type of lottery player, you | | | | Powerball ticket, you are about 130 times more |
| should play Powerball. Minnesota State Lottery is | | | | likely to win the Gopher 5 jackpot. |
| just one of many state lotteries that subscribes | | | | |