Two Minnesotans woke up in 2025 as (pre-tax) millionaires, having won the annual New Year’s Day Millionaire Raffle.
The Minnesota Lottery says the winning tickets were sold at Bill’s Superette at 8077 Viking Blvd. in Nowthen, and as Casey’s General Store at 1205 Morgan St. in Tracy.
The winning ticket numbers are 504777 and 605212, with the winners each getting a $1 million prize.
The odds of winning the jackpot was 1 in 400,000.
There were five wins of $100,000 – at slightly better odds of 1 in 160,000 – for ticket holders in Minneapolis, Maplewood, Spring Lake Park, St. Martin and Heron Lake.
Five more ticket holders won $50,000 and another five won $25,000.
Winners will have 12 months to claim their prize. As of New Year’s Eve, one of the two $1 million-winning tickets from New Year’s Day 2024 hadn’t claimed their winnings, with the money going back to the state if they didn’t meet the deadline.