Laurel Man Win $22,013 Playing 2by2

Donald DiedikerDonald Diediker of Laurel won a total of $22,013 playing 2by2 from the Nebraska Lottery.

There were more than 1,900 Nebraska Lottery winners in the Sunday, October 12 drawing. Among these winners was Diediker, who purchased his winning 2by2 ticket at Rath’s Mini Mart, 206 Highway 20 in Laurel. The ticket contained five plays and was good for seven draws. One play on the ticket contained the winning red ball numbers (6, 20) and winning white ball numbers (1, 9) from the October 12 drawing for a corresponding prize of $22,000.

Because Diediker purchased a multi-draw ticket, he also matched one white ball number and one red ball number in the October 8 and October 9 drawings for $3 each. Diediker also won seven free $1 plays on the ticket for a total prize of $22,013.

Three hundred and thirty-seven Nebraska Lottery players have won the 2by2 top prize to date.

While claiming his prize on October 30, Diediker told Nebraska Lottery officials that he uses family birthdays to choose his 2by2 numbers. He learned he had won after checking the Nebraska Lottery website, nelottery.com. “I went to the website, and I thought, ‘Those look like my numbers,” said Diediker. He plans to purchase a car using his winnings.

2by2 is run by the Multi-State Lottery Association and was introduced in June 2002. Players in Kansas, Nebraska and North Dakota have the opportunity to win up to $22,000 Monday through Sunday by playing 2by2. The odds of winning the $22,000 2by2 top prize are 1 in 105,625. The odds of winning $3 are 1 in 383, and the odds of winning a free $1 quick pick play are 1 in 8. The overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.59.

Published on 11/20/2014