Minn. Stat. § 13, the Minnesota Data Practices Act, requires that the Lottery keep all government data in a way that makes it easy for you, as a member of the public, to access public data. The Lottery must keep records of its official activities according to a records retention schedule. Official records can be destroyed only according to a schedule or with special permission. Some government data are official records, though some are not.
The phone number and street address of a winner of a Lottery prize are private data and therefore not available to the public. The name and hometown of a Lottery prizewinner of $10,000 or more is also private data. The name and hometown of a Lottery winner of a merchandize-only second chance prize is available to the public. For more information, please see Minn. Stat. § 349A.08, subd. 9.
Anyone can see and have copies of public data. The Data Practices Act distinguishes requests for public data from members of the public and requests from individuals for data about themselves.
The Minnesota State Lottery Data Practices Policies and Request Forms are below.
All requests for data must be made in writing and sent via email to datapractices@mnlottery.com, with the following two exceptions:
Email general questions about the Minnesota State Lottery to cs.support@mnlottery.com.