Minnesota launched 4 new scratch-offs on August 4

Minnesota put four new scratch-offs on sale on August 4, priced from $2 to $10. ValueScore™ figures, our 0 to 100 rating, are current as of launch.

Money Bag Multiplier ($10)

Money Bag Multiplier is the pick of the four. The $10 ticket rates 85.2 with a $200,000 top prize, a 70% payout percentage and overall odds of 1 in 3.16, the best hit rate of the group. All four top prizes are unclaimed. Oklahoma sells a $5 game under the same name; this one is Minnesota's own.

Ghostbusters™ ($5)

Ghostbusters™ is the licensed ticket of the launch, a $5 game with a $100,000 top prize and four of them out there. It rates 62.2 with a 68% payout percentage and odds of 1 in 3.97, which holds up better than most brand-name tickets manage.

Slingo® Sapphire 7s ($3)

Slingo® Sapphire 7s costs $3 and plays the slot-meets-bingo Slingo format, with a $30,000 top prize and four unclaimed. It rates 57.1 with a 66.1% payout percentage and odds of 1 in 3.78.

Living Large ($2)

Living Large is the $2 entry, with a $10,000 top prize and nine of them in the game, more than the three others combined. It rates 54.2 with a 65% payout percentage and odds of 1 in 3.69.

Which one to buy

Money Bag Multiplier, and the gap is wide: 85.2 against 62.2 for the next best, with better odds and double the top prize of anything else in the group. The Ghostbusters ticket is the one to grab if the theme is the point, and Living Large gives a $2 player nine shots at its top prize rather than the usual three or four. All four sit on our Minnesota ValueScore rankings with the rest of the state.