Wausa Man Wins $100,000 Playing Big Money

January 24, 2013 – Christopher Carlson of Wausa won $100,000 playing the $10 Scratch game Big Money from the Nebraska Lottery.

Carlson purchased his winning Big Money ticket at Broadway Billie’s, 124 South Broadway in Bloomfield. Scratching the ticket, he revealed matching numbers in Game 5 with a corresponding prize of $100,000.

There are three $100,000 top prizes available in Big Money. Carlson is the first person to claim a top prize to date.

Big Money is a $10 Scratch game from the Nebraska Lottery that offers players the chance to win $2.1 million in cash prizes from $10 to $100,000. The odds of winning the top prize in Big Money are 1 in 100,000, while the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 2.75.