$10,000 Powerball Prize for Ainsworth Woman

November 20, 2009 – Mary Biltoft of Ainsworth recently won $10,000 playing Powerball from the Nebraska Lottery.

There were more than 18,000 Nebraska Lottery winners in the Wednesday, November 11, drawings. Among these winners was Biltoft, who purchased a three-play quick pick Powerball ticket at Pump & Pantry, 109 East 4th Street in Ainsworth. One play on the ticket contained four of the five white ball numbers (8, 12, 14, 22, 29) and the Powerball number (22) from the November 11 drawing for $10,000.

Two hundred and fifty-seven Nebraska Lottery players have won the $10,000 prize in Powerball to date. The odds of winning $10,000 playing Powerball are 1 in 723,145, while the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 35.11.

The Nebraska Lottery has offered Powerball since July 1994. Sales of Nebraska Powerball have exceeded $443 million and have helped raise a total of over $357 million for the Nebraska Lottery’s beneficiary funds. All 93 counties in Nebraska have benefited from projects funded with these Nebraska Lottery proceeds.

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Published on 11/20/2009