Omaha Man Wins $130,000 Playing Nebraska Pick 5
Thomas Bouche of Omaha won $130,000 playing Nebraska Pick 5 from the Nebraska Lottery.
Bouche purchased his winning ticket at QuikTrip #585 at 4720 Hamilton St. in Omaha. The ticket contained three sets of numbers good for three days, from February 8 through 10. The ticket matched all five winning numbers drawn on February 9 (04, 07, 11, 27, 37).
Nebraska Pick 5 is Nebraska’s unique 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 $10,000 each drawing that is not won, are 1 in 658,008 while the overall odds of winning a prize in the game, which has drawings seven nights a week, are 1 in 9.2.
Published on 02/20/2026
