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Free birthday ticket gives first time player a $22,000 payday
From stocking stuffers to a stuffed wallet
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.

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.

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.

One ticket, 3,000 meals
Twenty Years of Marriage, 20,000 Reasons to Celebrate
One ticket, 3,000 meals

Just a few days before Christmas 2018, the Food Bank for the Heartland received a donation at their Omaha office that was just a little bit different than the usual brown paper bag of non-perishable food or a check to help them feed hungry people across Nebraska and western Iowa.

Twenty Years of Marriage, 20,000 Reasons to Celebrate

An article was recently posted to this blog about how Nebraska Lottery Scratch and Lotto tickets should and should not be used as holiday gifts. As one lucky player recently found out, they also make great anniversary gifts.

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.

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.

One ticket, 3,000 meals
One ticket, 3,000 meals

Just a few days before Christmas 2018, the Food Bank for the Heartland received a donation at their Omaha office that was just a little bit different than the usual brown paper bag of non-perishable food or a check to help them feed hungry people across Nebraska and western Iowa.

Twenty Years of Marriage, 20,000 Reasons to Celebrate
Twenty Years of Marriage, 20,000 Reasons to Celebrate

An article was recently posted to this blog about how Nebraska Lottery Scratch and Lotto tickets should and should not be used as holiday gifts. As one lucky player recently found out, they also make great anniversary gifts.