Lincoln Man Wins $5,001 Playing MyDaY

Walter MalsonWalter Malson of Lincoln recently won a total of $5,001 playing MyDaY from the Nebraska Lottery.

There were more than 22,000 Nebraska Lottery winners in the Tuesday, October 28 drawings. Among these winners was Malson, who purchased his winning MyDaY ticket at Handy Shop, 1700 L Street in Lincoln. The five-play quick pick ticket contained one play with the winning Month (11), Day (19) and Year (82) from the October 28 drawing for the $5,000 top prize.

A second play on the ticket matched the winning Month for $1, making Malson’s total prize $5,001.

Three hundred and fifty-nine Nebraska Lottery players have won the MyDaY top prize to date.

While claiming his prize on October 29, Malson told Nebraska Lottery officials that he learned he had won after reading the winning numbers in the Lincoln Journal Star. He said he was “very pleased” to win the top prize. While his winning plays were quick picks, Malson occasionally choose his own MyDaY numbers. “MyDaY is a fun game to play,” said Malson. “You can play all kinds of dates. Sometimes I even play the date I started at my job.” He plans to pay bills using his winnings.

MyDaY is a Nebraska Lottery Lotto game with a calendar theme. Players can win up to $5,000 by choosing a six-digit date for each $1 MyDaY play. The odds of winning the $5,000 top prize in MyDaY are 1 in 36,525, while the odds of winning $1 are 1 in 13. The overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 8.17.

Published on 11/20/2014