Lincoln Woman Wins 2024 Ford Bronco in Yuletide Ride Second Chance Promotion
We’re officially past the yuletide season, but we still had one big gift to give.
The Nebraska Lottery’s Yuletide Ride Second-Chance Promotion gave players a chance to enter non-winning Lucky Star Scratch tickets to be entered to win one of five $1,000 cash prizes or the grand prize of a brand new 2024 Ford Bronco® 4x4.
Patty Atherton of Lincoln was the lucky winner who drove away in the metallic green Ford Bronco.
The Nebraska Lottery presented her with the keys on January 31 in front of Super Saver at 5460 S 56th St. in Lincoln where she purchased the ticket that took home the top prize.
Players received one entry for $1 Lucky Star 2X tickets, five entries for $5 Lucky Star 10X tickets and 10 entries for each $10 Lucky Star 20X tickets they entered through the Nebraska Lottery’s MVP club.
Atherton said she entered 78 tickets in what became sort of a weekly tradition.
“My daughter was able to work from home when she was pregnant,” she said. “I would go over on Wednesdays to take her lunch and bring five Scratch tickets for her and five for me.”
They scratched together and while they won a little bit, never hit any big prizes. They both entered their non-winning tickets in the second-chance drawing and then sort of forgot about it, Atherton said.
When she got the call she was confused at first.
“He said I won the Yuletide Ride contest and I forgot what the prize was,” she said. “He told me I won a new Bronco and I said, ‘You gotta be kidding me!’”
Five other players took home $1,000 prizes each. Mary Jensen of Lincoln, William Troutman of York, Holli Longe of Lincoln, Lora Marvin of Grand Island and Daisy Brown of Omaha all won the $1,000 cash second place prize.
Atherton’s prize was a 2024 Ford Bronco 4-door 4x4 worth $31,384. Her prize also included federal withholding taxes of $10,920 and state withholding of $10,920 as well as $921 in cash for a total prize value of $45,500.
Published on 02/21/2025