Kearney Woman Wins $5,012 Playing MyDaY

October 27, 2010 – Kathy Edwards of Kearney recently won a total of $5,012 playing MyDaY from the Nebraska Lottery.

There were more than 8,000 Nebraska Lottery winners in the Tuesday, October 19, drawings. Among these winners was Edwards, who purchased her winning MyDaY ticket at Foote Convenience Plaza, 1810 East Highway 30 in Kearney. The five-play ticket contained one play with the winning Month (9), winning Day (30), and winning Year (90) from the October 19 drawing for the $5,000 top prize.

Another play on the ticket matched the winning Month and winning Day for $12, making Edwards’ total prize $5,012.

One hundred and fifty-one Nebraska Lottery players have won the MyDaY top prize to date.

While claiming her prize on October 20, Edwards told Nebraska Lottery officials that she uses family birthdays to select her MyDaY numbers. She learned she had won after calling the Nebraska Lottery Players Hotline (800-224-LUCK). Edwards plans to pay bills and complete some home improvements using her winnings.

MyDaY is a Nebraska Lottery Lotto game with a calendar theme. Players can win up to $5,000 by choosing a six-digit date for each $1 MyDaY play. The odds of winning the $5,000 top prize in MyDaY are 1 in 36,525, and the odds of winning $12 are 1 in 369. The overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 8.17.

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Published on 10/27/2010