Hastings Man Wins $65,000 Nebraska Pick 5 Prize
November 30, 2007 – Lavern Cline of Hastings recently won $65,000 playing Nebraska Pick 5 from the Nebraska Lottery.
For the November 29 drawing, there were two winning tickets sold for the $130,000 jackpot. Cline purchased one of these tickets at Russ's IGA, 611 North Burlington Street in Hastings. The single-play ticket contained all five winning numbers (4, 19, 22, 23, 35) from the November 29 drawing for a $65,000 share of the jackpot. One hundred and twenty-four Nebraska Lottery players have won the Nebraska Pick 5 jackpot to date.
While claiming his prize the morning following the drawing, Cline told Nebraska Lottery officials that he has purchased Nebraska Pick 5 tickets with the same numbers for almost 10 years. In May 2007, he won a total of $918 playing this Nebraska Pick 5 number combination.
Cline learned of his recent Nebraska Pick 5 win while watching the KHAS TV evening news. He stated that he was “excited” to win and he plans to pay off his mortgage using his winnings.
A second jackpot winning ticket for the November 29 drawing was sold at Hy-Vee Gas, 5102 Center Street in Omaha. This ticket has not yet been claimed.
Nebraska Pick 5 is a unique Nebraska 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 time it is not won, are 1 in 501,942 while the overall odds of winning a prize in the game are 1 in 8.
Published on 11/30/2007