Lincoln Man Wins $35,000 Playing Bonus Crossword

April 22, 2014 – Drew Trenerry of Lincoln won $35,000 playing the $3 Scratch game Bonus Crossword from the Nebraska Lottery.

Trenerry purchased his winning Bonus Crossword ticket at U-Stop, 610 South 10^th Street in Lincoln. Scratching the ticket, he revealed 10 complete words for the $35,000 top prize.

There are nine $35,000 top prizes available in Anniversary Bonus Crossword. Trenerry is the fifth person to claim a top prize in the game.

While claiming his prize on April 15, Trenerry told Nebraska Lottery officials that at first he didn’t realize he had won the top prize. “By the time I finished the last word, I thought the ticket was a $1,000 winner,” said Trenerry. “The clerk scanned it and said, ‘It’s not worth $1,000 – you’ll have to go downtown to get $35,000.’ I couldn’t believe it.” He plans to pay bills and donate to charity using his winnings.

Bonus Crossword is a $3 Scratch game that offers players the chance to win $8.4 million in cash prizes from $3 to $35,000. The odds of winning the $35,000 top prize in Bonus Crossword are 1 in 480,000, while the overall odds are 1 in 3.40.