Alma Man Wins $154,000 Playing Nebraska Pick 5

Randal StahleckerRandal Stahlecker of Alma recently won $154,000 playing Nebraska Pick 5.

Stahlecker, who says he plays Pick 5 and Powerball® about once a week, purchased his winning ticket for the Saturday, May 9 drawing at Pump & Pantry, 220 US Highway 83 in Alma. Stahlecker won the jackpot prize with quick-pick numbers 12, 14, 23, 29, 38.

Three hundred and thirty Nebraska Lottery players have won the Nebraska Pick 5 jackpot to date.

While claiming his prize on May 11, Stahlecker told Lottery officials that he happened to be getting coffee earlier that day at Pump & Pantry when a friend told him there had been a Pick 5 winner and he should check his ticket. Stahlecker, who is semi-retired, says he is still surprised he won.

Nebraska Pick 5 is Nebraska's unique 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 drawing that it is not won, are 1 in 501,942. The overall odds of winning a prize in the game, which has drawings six nights a week, are 1 in 8.

Published on 05/15/2015