Minnesota's new holiday scratch-offs include a $10 ticket that only pays $50 or $100
The Minnesota Lottery added five scratch-offs to its lineup this week, four with holiday themes and a $3 crossword, and all five come with a second-chance drawing for non-winning tickets. The odd one is the $10 game, which pays only two prize amounts.
| Game | Price | Top prize | Tickets printed | Overall odds | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,000,000 Holiday Blowout | $10 | $100 (78,306) | 1,957,650 | 1 in 9.92 | 70.4% |
| Peppermint Bark 7s | $5 | $100,000 (4) | 2,932,700 | 1 in 3.65 | 68.0% |
| Crossword Gold | $3 | $30,000 (5) | 2,927,000 | 1 in 3.50 | 66.1% |
| Naughty or Nice | $2 | $10,000 (5) | 2,334,150 | 1 in 3.89 | 65.2% |
| Gift Tag Series | $1 | $500 (90) | 3,392,400 | 1 in 3.78 | 63.3% |
$13,000,000 Holiday Blowout ($10)
The name is the total prize pool, not the top prize rewarded. Every win on this ticket is either $50 or $100, five or ten times the price, and there are 197,402 of them, 119,096 at $50 and 78,306 at $100, for $13,785,400 in all. The trade-off is the overall odds. At 1 in 9.92, about nine in ten tickets win nothing. The median for Minnesota's active scratch-offs is 1 in 3.69. It returns 70.4% of sales, slightly above the 70.0% average for Minnesota's $10 games, and rates 67.0 on our ValueScore™.
Peppermint Bark 7s ($5)
The lottery describes this one as peppermint scented. A 7 symbol pays the prize shown and a peppermint symbol pays five times that amount. Four $100,000 top prizes are spread over about 2.93 million tickets, about 1 in 733,175 each, with twelve more prizes of $20,000. By our count of its prize table, it returns 68.0% of sales, about even with the 68.0% average for Minnesota's other $5 games.
The cheaper three
Crossword Gold is a $3 crossword in which a gold bar inside a completed word triples the prize, except the top one, and a money stack in the bonus pays instantly. It has five $30,000 top prizes and the best overall odds of the group, 1 in 3.50, and at 64.3 it rates first of Minnesota's nine $3 games.
Naughty or Nice comes in two versions. On the naughty ticket a lump of coal pays $20, and on the nice one a money stack does. A present doubles the prize, and the top prize is $10,000, five of them. Gift Tag Series, the $1 game, tops out at $500, with 90 of those. An elf pays the prize shown and a WINALL symbol pays all six prizes on the ticket. Both rate first among Minnesota's games at their price.
The August launches are still on sale, and we ranked the state's games in which Minnesota scratch-offs are worth buying.
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Minnesota Lottery: $13,000,000 Holiday Blowout
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the new Minnesota Lottery holiday scratch-offs for 2026?
$13,000,000 Holiday Blowout ($10), Peppermint Bark 7s ($5), Naughty or Nice ($2), and Gift Tag Series ($1), plus a $3 Crossword Gold, all added to the Minnesota Lottery's lineup the week of October 6, 2026.
What are the odds on Minnesota's $13,000,000 Holiday Blowout?
Overall odds are 1 in 9.92, and every winning ticket pays $50 or $100. The game has 119,096 prizes of $50 and 78,306 of $100 in about 1.96 million tickets, and returns about 70.4% of sales.
What is the top prize on Peppermint Bark 7s?
$100,000, and the Minnesota Lottery printed four of them in about 2.93 million $5 tickets, about 1 in 733,175 per ticket. A peppermint symbol pays five times the prize shown, and the ticket is peppermint scented.
Jessie Jurado is a news writer who covers new scratch-off launches, state lottery guides, taxes on winnings, news, and much more. She joined ScratchCheck in 2026 and writes the site's state-by-state coverage.
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