Nebraska Lottery March Update

HARLEY-DAVIDSON® SECOND-CHANCE GIVEAWAY

The first preliminary drawing in the Harley-Davidson Second-Chance Giveaway will be held on Wednesday, March 30. Five semifinalists will be selected to compete for one of two Harley-Davidson Fat Boy® motorcycles in the Grand Prize Drawing on Saturday, June 11, during the Lincoln Saltdogs baseball game.

The second preliminary drawing will be held on June 1. Entries will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. (C.T.) on Tuesday, May 31.

To enter the Harley-Davidson Second-Chance Giveaway, log in to the MVP Club, then click on the “Contests” button.

Click here for more information on the Harley-Davidson Second-Chance Giveaway.

LINCOLN MAN WINS $1,000,008 MEGA MILLIONS® WITH MEGAPLIER® PRIZE

Richard Evans of Lincoln won a total of $1,000,008 playing Mega Millions with Megaplier from the Nebraska Lottery.

There were more than 10,000 Nebraska Lottery winners in the Tuesday, March 15, drawings. Among these winners was Evans, who purchased a five-play quick pick Mega Millions ticket at Buggy Bath West, 1502 West O Street in Lincoln. One play on the ticket matched all five of the winning white ball numbers (10, 11, 12, 28, 43) for $250,000. A second play on the ticket matched the winning Mega Ball® number (45) for $2.

Because Evans added the $1 Megaplier option to his purchase, his $250,002 prize was multiplied by the 4x Megaplier for a total prize of $1,000,008. This is the first $1 million prize won in Nebraska since the Nebraska Lottery began offering the Mega Millions game in March 2010.

Evans wasted no time in claiming his prize, arriving at Nebraska Lottery headquarters on Wednesday morning following the drawing.  He told Nebraska Lottery officials that he learned he had won after checking the winning numbers in the Lincoln Journal Star newspaper, and at the Nebraska Lottery website, nelottery.com. “I didn’t believe it at first, but then I saw on the website that there was a million dollar winner,” said Evans. “I told my wife, ‘I don’t think I’m going to work today. I won a million dollars.’ She didn’t believe me.” Evans plans to pay bills and save for retirement using his winnings.

The odds of winning $250,000 playing Mega Millions are 1 in 3,904,701, and the odds of winning $2 are 1 in 75. Adding the $1 Megaplier option, which does not affect your chances of winning, gives players the chance to multiply prizes between $2 and $250,000 as many as two, three, or four times. The Match 5 prize is guaranteed to always draw the 4x multiplier, giving players the chance to turn a $250,000 prize into a $1 million prize when purchasing the Megaplier option. The overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 40.

COMING SOON: POWER PLAY® BONUS RAFFLE

Starting on April 16, Powerball Power Play® players can win a pair of tickets to every 2011 Nebraska Football home game in the Power Play Bonus raffle.

Between April 16 and May 14, a numbered Bonus Raffle coupon will follow every qualifying $10 Powerball® with Power Play single ticket purchase. Once a week during the promotion, a drawing will occur among the raffle numbers issued that week. Each weekly draw will award a pair of season tickets to the 2011 Nebraska Football home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, and $2,500 cash.

Bonus Raffle coupons will print for single, $10 ticket purchases of Powerball with Power Play, as well as any multiple of $10.00 on a single ticket that includes Power Play.

Look for more information about the Power Play Bonus Raffle at nelottery.com in the coming weeks.

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