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Nebraska Lottery will join Lotto America in May
Multi-state game to be offered in yet another state
By Kate Northrop
The Nebraska Lottery officially announced today that it will begin offering tickets for the multi-state game Lotto America.
The Mississippi Lottery is not the only state lottery to recently announce its decision to join the multi-state game . Just today, the Nebraska Lottery revealed that it will start offering the game, too.
In addition to Mega Millions and Powerball, Nebraska lottery players will soon have ano
Apr 21, 2024, 8:14 am - Lottery News
Nebraska single father's salad run results in $1 million Mega Millions lottery win
Occasional player only buys tickets when the conditions are right
By Kate Northrop
A single father played the lottery in the right place at the right time, since his decision to hang out at the store a little longer to buy Mega Millions tickets resulted in a $1 million prize.
While making a stop for a pre-made salad, a Nebraska man felt that the conditions were right to play the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game, and his feeling was right on the money.
Brant Edgington of Fre
Apr 10, 2024, 2:44 pm - Lottery News
Nebraska Lottery to make changes to Pick 5 game
Lottery makes upgrade to in-state draw game
By Kate Northrop
The Nebraska Lottery announced that its locally drawn Pick 5 game will receive enhancements later this summer.
Today, the Nebraska Lottery revealed some changes to its Pick 5 game that players can expect to see in three months.
As of Sun., Aug. 13, 2023, Pick 5 will have two additional numbers to play, bringing the number matrix to 1 to 40 instead of 1 to 38.
This will decrease the odds of winning the jackpot from 1
May 19, 2023, 3:33 pm - Lottery News
Nebraska Lottery marks 30th Anniversary with first $30 scratch-off game
New price point ticket available in Nebraska
By Kate Northrop
The number 30 is a big number for the Nebraska Lottery this year, which is celebrating its 30th Anniversary with the release of its first $30 scratch-off ticket.
Nebraska lottery players can now pick up a $30 scratch-off ticket from retailers from the 30th Anniversary Jackpot game, which commemorates the Nebraska Lottery's 30th year in operation.
30th Anniversary Jackpot is Nebraska's first $30 scratch-off game, meant
Sep 27, 2022, 6:38 pm - Lottery News
Nebraska woman who cut back on playing the lottery wins $1 million Powerball prize
It's the biggest thing she'd ever won
By Kate Northrop
A once-daily Powerball player is now reaping the rewards from reducing her habitual play, having won a $1 million second-prize after having cut back on her playing.
Wendy Donahue of Omaha, Nebraska has just won the most momentous prize of her life after scooping up a $1 million Powerball prize in the July 25 drawing.
It's also the biggest thing she'd ever won, next to a cake she won in a cake walk when she was 14 years old,
Aug 3, 2022, 7:26 pm - Lottery News
Nebraska couple wins truck in the lottery after joking about it
Why don't you win us a truck?
By Kate Northrop
An off-hand joke suddenly became cemented in reality when a Nebraska couple won a truck as a top prize from a scratch-off game.
Todd Spark of Papillion heard a commercial on the radio about the Nebraska Lottery's Truck$ Buck$ scratch-off game earlier this month. The game's top prize a 2021 Ford F-150 XLT 4x4 SuperCrew Flex Fuel truck piqued his interest.
Why don't you win us a truck, he joked to his wife, Robyn.
The couple purchase
Mar 30, 2021, 10:09 pm - Lottery News
Nebraska woman wins Pick 5 lottery jackpot twice in six months
As if winning one jackpot wasn't cool enough
By Kate Northrop
One Nebraska woman is incredibly lucky after winning her second Pick 5 jackpot in less than 6 months, this time worth $138,000 even bigger than the last.
Margaret Furasek, 88, of Weston hit it big on July 21, 2020 when she won a $94,000 jackpot while playing the Nebraska Lottery's Pick 5 game with her numbers 2, 3, 12, 14, and 28. Winning clearly didn't stop her from having another go at the game. On Dec. 23, 2020, she won ye
Jan 6, 2021, 8:55 pm - Lottery News
Nebraska man wins second scratch-off lottery jackpot this year
Lightning strikes twice for one lucky player
By Kate Northrop
Will third time be the charm? A Nebraska lottery winner might consider buying one more lottery ticket after winning a second jackpot this year.
The Nebraska Lottery saw Michael Christiansen back in March when he won and claimed a $50,000 top prize from the $5 Money Clip scratch-off game. Last Thursday, he paid them another visit to claim his second top prize, this one worth $100,000.
Christiansen had actually bought the tw
Oct 23, 2020, 8:55 am - Lottery News
Nebraska Lottery warns players about misprinted Lucky for Life tickets
Lucky for Life players are encouraged to check lottery tickets printed on or before Thursday after about 125 multi-draw tickets were misprinted with incorrect end-of-game dates, Nebraska Lottery officials said in a release Friday.
Multi-draw tickets allow players to purchase up to 12 weeks of drawings in advance, and those tickets contain the start and end dates of drawings, the release said.
An incorrect end date can cause players to mistakenly believe their ticket has lost.
The start
Jun 6, 2020, 9:43 am - Lottery News
Nebraska woman carried $200K winning lottery ticket in purse for 2 weeks before claiming
A Nebraska woman carried around the scratch-off lottery ticket for quite a while before she realized she had a $200,000 winner.
Earlier this month, Pamela Beauchamp bought a $20 Ultimate Bonus Crossword scratch ticket from the Nebraska Lottery at a Kwik Stop in North Platte about an hour's drive from her home in Lemoyne, a village on Lake McConaughy.
After Beauchamp scratched off the ticket, she thought she'd won something like, maybe, $5,000.
I kept it in a bag I carried around, Beauc
May 25, 2020, 2:19 pm - Lottery News