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Hayes Center Woman Spins the Big Wheel and Takes Home $40,000
Fast Mart offers up some of the biggest Scratch wins in Nebraska
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.

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Three times in a month: One winner hits jackpot on tickets bought at Nebraska Lottery office
Here’s how to double your Cash Blast prize
Three times in a month: One winner hits jackpot on tickets bought at Nebraska Lottery office

Lynn Ericson’s birthday keeps paying off in more than just cake and presents.

Here’s how to double your Cash Blast prize

Our 2021 Cash Blast Promotion gives players a weekly chance to win $5,000 or $500, but as one lucky player found out recently, you might be able to double that.

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A stop for gas leads to $1M and a mystery
Nebraska Lottery t-shirt saves winner’s life
Nebraska Lottery t-shirt saves winner’s life

Like every winner who comes in, we offered Jimmy Brezina a free t-shirt. Unlike every winner who comes in, Jimmy told us a Nebraska Lottery t-shirt saved his life once.

A Quarter-Century of Nebraska Pick 5
Egg hunt leads to $1,000 Scratch prize for college student
A Quarter-Century of Nebraska Pick 5

“Nebraska’s Game” is celebrating its silver anniversary this month.

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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Same Place, Same Game, Same Prize
Two Wins in Three Days for Seward Couple
Same Place, Same Game, Same Prize

On February 5, Terry Rittenhouse won $1,000 playing the Lucky Symbols Loteria Scratch ticket he’d bought at the U-Stop in Hickman. On March 6, he did it again. Same game, same prize, same store, almost exactly a month apart.

Two Wins in Three Days for Seward Couple

When Rodney Kalkwarf of Seward came into the Nebraska Lottery offices to claim the $5,000 prize he’d won playing the $2,000,000 Explosion Scratch game, he was excited. When he came back two days later with his wife Donna Kalkwarf to claim the $1,000 prize she’d won playing the Multiplier Spectacular Scratch game, he was floored.

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.

Three times in a month: One winner hits jackpot on tickets bought at Nebraska Lottery office
Three times in a month: One winner hits jackpot on tickets bought at Nebraska Lottery office

Lynn Ericson’s birthday keeps paying off in more than just cake and presents.

Tags: Pick 3

Here’s how to double your Cash Blast prize
Here’s how to double your Cash Blast prize

Our 2021 Cash Blast Promotion gives players a weekly chance to win $5,000 or $500, but as one lucky player found out recently, you might be able to double that.

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Nebraska Lottery t-shirt saves winner’s life
Nebraska Lottery t-shirt saves winner’s life

Like every winner who comes in, we offered Jimmy Brezina a free t-shirt. Unlike every winner who comes in, Jimmy told us a Nebraska Lottery t-shirt saved his life once.

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A Quarter-Century of Nebraska Pick 5
A Quarter-Century of Nebraska Pick 5

“Nebraska’s Game” is celebrating its silver anniversary this month.

Tags: pick 5

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

Same Place, Same Game, Same Prize
Same Place, Same Game, Same Prize

On February 5, Terry Rittenhouse won $1,000 playing the Lucky Symbols Loteria Scratch ticket he’d bought at the U-Stop in Hickman. On March 6, he did it again. Same game, same prize, same store, almost exactly a month apart.

Two Wins in Three Days for Seward Couple
Two Wins in Three Days for Seward Couple

When Rodney Kalkwarf of Seward came into the Nebraska Lottery offices to claim the $5,000 prize he’d won playing the $2,000,000 Explosion Scratch game, he was excited. When he came back two days later with his wife Donna Kalkwarf to claim the $1,000 prize she’d won playing the Multiplier Spectacular Scratch game, he was floored.