November 16, 2009 – Richard Briscoe of Bellevue recently won $114,000 playing Nebraska Pick 5 from the Nebraska Lottery.

There were more than 7,000 Nebraska Lottery winners in the Tuesday, October 27, drawings. Among these winners was Briscoe, who purchased a three-play quick pick Nebraska Pick 5 ticket at Kwik Shop, 502 West Mission Street in Bellevue. One play on the ticket contained all five of the winning numbers (7, 8, 19, 21, 34) from the October 27 drawing for the $114,000 jackpot.

One hundred and eighty-nine Nebraska Lottery players have won the Nebraska Pick 5 jackpot to date.

Briscoe wasted no time in claiming his prize, arriving at Nebraska Lottery headquarters the day after the drawing. He told Nebraska Lottery officials that he learned he had won the $114,000 jackpot after his wife told him that a winning Nebraska Pick 5 ticket had been sold at Kwik Shop. Briscoe then returned to the store to check his ticket. He plans to pay bills and purchase a new car using his winnings.

Nebraska Pick 5 is a unique Nebraska Lottery game: all the proceeds from Nebraska Pick 5 stay in Nebraska, and all the winning tickets are sold in Nebraska at Nebraska Lottery Lotto game retailers. The odds of winning the Nebraska Pick 5 jackpot, which starts at $50,000 and grows by $4,000 each time it is not won, are 1 in 501,942 while the overall odds of winning a prize in the game are 1 in 8.