Norfolk Woman Wins $50,000 Playing Triple Tripler

Mary Rodgers of Norfolk won $50,000 playing the $5 Scratch game Triple Tripler from the Nebraska Lottery.

Rodgers purchased her winning Triple Tripler ticket at Lloyd’s Drug Mart, 2600 West Norfolk Avenue in Norfolk. Scratching the ticket, she revealed three winning “3” symbols in a diagonal line for a corresponding prize of $50,000.

There are three $50,000 top prizes available in Triple Tripler. Rodgers is the first person to claim a top prize in the game.

While claiming her prize on May 3, Rodgers told Nebraska Lottery officials that it took her a second to realize she had won the top prize. “I had to put my glasses on to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing,” she said. Rodgers plans to pay bills using her winnings.

Triple Tripler is a $5 Scratch game from the Nebraska Lottery that offers players the chance to win $1.2 million in cash prizes from $5 to $50,000. The odds of winning $50,000 playing Triple Tripler are 1 in 120,000, while the odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.44.

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Published on 05/16/2016