Jackpot! Lucky Minnesota Lottery Ticket Wins Over $100K

It's not easy to win the lottery. Heck, it feels like it's almost impossible. But it does happen to very lucky South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota people who purchase these life-changing tickets.

With a Progressive Print-N-Play Crossword game for the Minnesota Lottery, a lucky player won the jackpot prize of over $100,000! Talk about a major payday for one Minnesota resident!

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The winning Progressive Print-N-Play Crossword game card was sold at a Speedway gas station at 1180 North Concord in South Saint Paul.

What is the Progressive Print-N-Play Crossword game with the Minnesota Lottery?

There are three different games with the Progressive Print-N-Play: Crosswords, Slots, and Bingo. The Minnesota Lottery explains that the total jackpot from each game grows daily from game sales until someone wins.

Pots start at $5,000 and grow until won: a $1 ticket pays 20 percent, $3 pays 60 percent, and $5 pays 100 percent. Jackpots change throughout the day.

Each game with the Progressive Print-N-Play contributes to the grand prize.

How did the lucky jackpot winner get the Progressive Print-N-Play prize from the Minnesota Lottery?

The winner of the Progressive Print-N-Play Crossword game played the $5 Crossword ticket. The player had to match all the letters in the crossword puzzle to any of the "Call Letters." The "Call Letters" are at the bottom of your game card. If you can finish five or more horizontal or vertical words, you might have a chance to win some money!

You must match all the letters within a possible word. Letters that form a smaller word within a complete word do not count.

Completing 12 or more words means you won the jackpot!

How much was the winning Minnesota jackpot ticket worth?

The lucky Minnesota jackpot ticket from the latest Progressive Print-N-Play Crossword game is worth...$126,674! Woah!! The exciting news was confirmed in a Facebook post.

In case anyone in South Dakota, Iowa, or Minnesota is feeling spontaneous, the next big Powerball Jackpot drawing will be on Wednesday, March 9th (today). The estimated Powerball Jackpot is at $65 million.

You never know if you don't try!