Kearney Man Wins $200,000 Powerball Prize

February 5, 2010 – Mark Boyce of Kearney recently won $200,000 playing Powerball from the Nebraska Lottery.

There were more than 19,000 Nebraska Lottery winners in the Wednesday, January 27, drawings. Among these winners was Boyce, who purchased his winning Powerball ticket at Foote Convenience Plaza, 1810 East Highway 30 in Kearney. The quick pick ticket contained all five of the winning white ball numbers (6, 15, 20, 26, 31) for $200,000.

Forty-eight Nebraska Lottery players have won the $200,000 prize in Powerball to date.

While claiming his prize on January 29, Boyce told Nebraska Lottery officials that he learned he had won after his mother called the Nebraska Lottery Player’s Hotline (800-224-LUCK) and learned that a winning Powerball ticket had been sold at Foote Convenience. “It was 6 a.m. and she woke me up,” he said. Boyce plans to pay bills using his winnings.

The odds of winning $200,000 playing Powerball are 1 in 5,138,133, while the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 35.11.

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Published on 02/05/2010