Omaha Woman Wins $15,000 Playing Scrabble®

ScrabbleMargaret Larsen of Omaha won $15,000 playing the $2 Scratch game Scrabble from the Nebraska Lottery.

Larsen purchased her winning Scrabble ticket at Casey’s General Store, 1202 South 13th Street in Omaha. Scratching the ticket, she revealed matching letters with a corresponding prize of $15,000.

There are three $15,000 top prizes available in Scrabble. Larsen is the first person to claim a top prize to date.

Based on the popular word game of the same name, the $2 Scrabble Scratch game gives players the chance to win $547,200 in cash prizes from $2 to $15,000. The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 140,000, while the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.67.


Published on 09/22/2014