Lottery Group Wins $200,000 Nebraska Powerball Prize
August 30, 2007 – A group of ten players from central Nebraska will share a $200,000 Nebraska Powerball prize.
Gloria Lien of Minden purchases tickets for a group of ten coworkers at Mosaic at Bethphage Village in Axtell. The other members of the group are Barbara Hird of Axtell; Carol Jeffs of Nelson; Shara Schurmann of Minden; Donna Walters of Minden; Hilda Baude of Axtell; Ana Beerman of Kearney; Carmen Randeros of Kearney; Christopher Massed of Kearney; and Mario Mejia of Kearney.
The estimated Powerball jackpot for the Saturday, August 25 drawing was $300 million or $140.3 million with the cash option. Because of the high jackpot, Lien purchased 60 Powerball tickets for the lottery group at Casey’s General Store, 653 N Brown St in Minden. One of the tickets contained all five of the winning white ball numbers (02, 08, 23, 29, 35) from the August 25 draw for the $200,000 prize. Twenty-five Nebraska Lottery players have won the $200,000 Powerball prize to date.
Members of the lottery group met at Nebraska Lottery headquarters on the Wednesday following the drawing to claim their winnings. They stated that this was the third time they had purchased Powerball tickets as a group. Each player will receive a $20,000 share of the prize. They have many different plans for their winnings, including paying bills, taking trips, completing home improvements and saving for the future.
The odds of winning $200,000 playing Powerball are 1 in 3,563,609 while the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 36.61.
Published on 08/30/2007