$10,000 Tree Trimmin’ Tripler Prize for Beaver Crossing Man

January 25, 2012– Keith Pankoke of Beaver Crossing won $10,000 playing the $2 Scratch game Tree Trimmin’ Tripler from the Nebraska Lottery.

Pankoke purchased his winning Tree Trimmin’ Tripler ticket at Casey’s General Store, 2605 Progressive Road in Seward. Scratching the ticket, he revealed matching numbers with a corresponding prize of $10,000.

There are three $10,000 top prizes available in Tree Trimmin’ Tripler. Pankoke is the first person to claim a top prize to date.

While claiming his prize on December 30, 2011, Pankoke told Nebraska Lottery officials that he didn’t believe he had won at first when he scratched off the ticket. “My wife and I had to look at it several times,” he said. Pankoke had no definite plans for his prize.

Tree Trimmin’ Tripler is a $2 Scratch game from the Nebraska Lottery that offers players the chance to win $390,000 in cash prizes from $2 to $10,000. The odds of winning the $10,000 top prize are 1 in 100,000, while the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.51.