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Hayes Center Woman Spins the Big Wheel and Takes Home $40,000
Broken Bow morning group turns winnings into donations
Hayes Center Woman Spins the Big Wheel and Takes Home $40,000

Madeena McAffee of Hayes Center won $40,000 on Wheel of Fortune and she didn’t have to buy a single vowel to do it.

Broken Bow morning group turns winnings into donations

Every morning at the Whiskey Barrel in Broken Bow, a group of friends meet up to slurp down a couple cups of coffee and play a few Nebraska Lottery Scratch tickets.

Nebraska Lottery and Saltdogs baseball, a perfect combination
Ringing in the new year with a chance at $1 million
Nebraska Lottery and Saltdogs baseball, a perfect combination

If you ever find yourself taken out to a ball game, taken out to a crowd, and while you’re buying some peanuts and crackerjacks, you might also find a chance to play some Nebraska Lottery games.

Ringing in the new year with a chance at $1 million

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve is coming to Nebraska! Well, a little bit of it is, at least.

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Why We’re Going Ahead with our Caesars Second Chance Promotion
Free birthday ticket gives first time player a $22,000 payday
Why We’re Going Ahead with our Caesars Second Chance Promotion

Ok, so hey, we know this is a weird time to be thinking about a trip to Las Vegas. The Coronavirus pandemic has kind of put everything on the backburner. Casinos have been closed for months, the restaurants on the Strip won’t be opening in the near future and we still have to wear masks when we go into public.

Free birthday ticket gives first time player a $22,000 payday

Charlotte Vermaas got a free 2by2 ticket from the Nebraska Lottery for her birthday and won the top prize.

Tags: Caesars

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From stocking stuffers to a stuffed wallet
A little bit of everything
From stocking stuffers to a stuffed wallet

Nebraska Lottery Scratch tickets are a popular item to give as Christmas gifts, but for several Nebraska Lottery players, those gifts turned out to be a pretty big windfall.

A little bit of everything

There aren’t a lot of places in Nebraska where you can buy Lottery tickets, a tank of gas, a six pack of beer and some vintage dishware in the same store. In fact, there’s only one of them that we could find.

Big Red Blitz creates new Huskers fan
Egg hunt leads to $1,000 Scratch prize for college student
Big Red Blitz creates new Huskers fan

Tammy Meyers of Peru won fifth place in the Nebraska Lottery’s Big Red Blitz promotion and took home two tickets to the Nebraska-Ohio State game on September 28 as well as $250 cash.

Egg hunt leads to $1,000 Scratch prize for college student

Thanks to an early Easter celebration and one of his grandmother’s strict rules, Dylan Brockhaus is now $1,000 richer.

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Hayes Center Woman Spins the Big Wheel and Takes Home $40,000
Hayes Center Woman Spins the Big Wheel and Takes Home $40,000

Madeena McAffee of Hayes Center won $40,000 on Wheel of Fortune and she didn’t have to buy a single vowel to do it.

Broken Bow morning group turns winnings into donations
Broken Bow morning group turns winnings into donations

Every morning at the Whiskey Barrel in Broken Bow, a group of friends meet up to slurp down a couple cups of coffee and play a few Nebraska Lottery Scratch tickets.

Nebraska Lottery and Saltdogs baseball, a perfect combination
Nebraska Lottery and Saltdogs baseball, a perfect combination

If you ever find yourself taken out to a ball game, taken out to a crowd, and while you’re buying some peanuts and crackerjacks, you might also find a chance to play some Nebraska Lottery games.

Ringing in the new year with a chance at $1 million
Ringing in the new year with a chance at $1 million

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve is coming to Nebraska! Well, a little bit of it is, at least.

Tags:

Why We’re Going Ahead with our Caesars Second Chance Promotion
Why We’re Going Ahead with our Caesars Second Chance Promotion

Ok, so hey, we know this is a weird time to be thinking about a trip to Las Vegas. The Coronavirus pandemic has kind of put everything on the backburner. Casinos have been closed for months, the restaurants on the Strip won’t be opening in the near future and we still have to wear masks when we go into public.

Tags: Caesars

Free birthday ticket gives first time player a $22,000 payday
Free birthday ticket gives first time player a $22,000 payday

Charlotte Vermaas got a free 2by2 ticket from the Nebraska Lottery for her birthday and won the top prize.

Tags: 2by2, Winners

From stocking stuffers to a stuffed wallet
From stocking stuffers to a stuffed wallet

Nebraska Lottery Scratch tickets are a popular item to give as Christmas gifts, but for several Nebraska Lottery players, those gifts turned out to be a pretty big windfall.

A little bit of everything
A little bit of everything

There aren’t a lot of places in Nebraska where you can buy Lottery tickets, a tank of gas, a six pack of beer and some vintage dishware in the same store. In fact, there’s only one of them that we could find.

Tags: Retailers

Big Red Blitz creates new Huskers fan
Big Red Blitz creates new Huskers fan

Tammy Meyers of Peru won fifth place in the Nebraska Lottery’s Big Red Blitz promotion and took home two tickets to the Nebraska-Ohio State game on September 28 as well as $250 cash.

Tags:

Egg hunt leads to $1,000 Scratch prize for college student
Egg hunt leads to $1,000 Scratch prize for college student

Thanks to an early Easter celebration and one of his grandmother’s strict rules, Dylan Brockhaus is now $1,000 richer.

Tags: easter