Minute to Win It follows the format of the original American series

wherein a contestant is presented with a blueprint for each level to

 complete within a 60-second time limit. After successfully

 completing the first, fifth, and eighth level games, the contestant

 is guaranteed to leave with no less than the cash award for those

levels.

The difficulty of the blueprints progressively increases as a

contestant advances to a higher level. If time runs out or the

conditions of the game cannot be fulfilled (such as by the

contestant exhausting any allotted attempts or committing a foul),

the contestant loses a "life". If the contestant loses all three of their

"lives", the game ends and the contestant's winnings drop to their

 guaranteed safe level.

After successfully completing a level, the contestant can leave

with the amount of money already won before seeing the blueprint

 for the next game. However, once the contestant chooses to

go to the next level, they must complete the level or exhaust all

 of their three lives.