The Nebraska Lottery is run by the government of

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. It was established by the state legislature in 1993. It is a member of the

Multi-State Lottery Association The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is an American non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by agreement of its 34-member lotteries. MUSL was created to facilitate the operation of multi-jurisdictional lottery games, m ...

(MUSL). Its games include

Mega Millions Mega Millions (originally known as The Big Game in 1996 and renamed, temporarily, to The Big Game Mega Millions six years later) is an American multijurisdictional lottery game. The first drawing took place on September 6, 1996, with six partic ...

Powerball Powerball is an American lottery game offered by 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and overseen by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which also manages other large jackpot games such as t ...

, 2by2, Nebraska Pick 5, Pick 3, and MyDaY. The minimum age to purchase Nebraska Lottery tickets is 19. Elsewhere in the United States, the minimum age to buy lottery tickets is either 18 or 21. Except for Powerball, whose winning numbers are drawn with numbered balls in

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, and Mega Millions in

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, Nebraska Lottery games are drawn by a

random number generator Random number generation is a process by which, often by means of a random number generator (RNG), a sequence of numbers or symbols is generated that cannot be reasonably predicted better than by random chance. This means that the particular ou ...

(RNG). (Mega Millions uses an RNG to determine its ''Megaplier''.) The

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games available in Nebraska are municipal lotteries; these predate the Nebraska Lottery.

Draw games

Multi-jurisdictional games

2by2

2by2, also played in

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and

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, is drawn nightly. Two red numbers and two white numbers (each 1 through 26) are drawn. Games are $1; there are seven ways to win. Matching all four numbers wins $22,000; it is doubled if won on a Tuesday, and the ticket was bought for seven consecutive draws.

Mega Millions

In 1996, six lotteries began ''The Big Game''; it became

in 2002. In January 2010, Mega Millions and Powerball became available to lotteries which had either game. Mega Millions became available in Nebraska on March 20, 2010. Mega Millions is drawn Tuesdays and Fridays; its jackpots begin at $40 million and continues to grow by at least $5 million each drawing until it is won.

Powerball

Nebraska joined Powerball in 1994. Powerball jackpots begin at $40 million and continues to grow by at least $10 million each drawing until it is won; it is drawn on Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays. The then-largest lottery prize in American history for a single set of numbers was on a Nebraska ticket for Powerball in a 2006 drawing. The entire $365 million was shared by eight people, who chose the cash option.

Lucky for Life

The Connecticut Lottery, in 2009, began an in-house game called ''Lucky-4-Life''. After several format changes, the game became quasi-national in 2015. As of 2019, Lucky for Life is available in 25 states and the District of Columbia. The Nebraska Lottery began offering Lucky for Life on August 20, 2017.

Lotto America

On May 19, 2024, the Nebraska Lottery joined the multi state

Lotto America Lotto America is an American multi-state lottery game that began in 2017. It is operated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) as a revival of the original Lotto America, offered from 1988 to 1992. Lotto America was re-launched by 13 stat ...

game. The game draws 5 main numbers from 1 to 52 and 1 star ball number from 1 to 10. The game offers a jackpot that starts at $2,000,000 and grows from there in today’s version. The game costs $1 per game just like its predecessor from the late 1980s. There are 9 ways to win. Drawings are held on Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays.

In-house games

Pick 3

Pick 3 began in 2004 and is drawn daily. Play styles and prizes vary. The maximum prize available is $600.

MyDaY

MyDaY also has daily draws. Players pick a number representing a month, a number 1 through 28, 29, 30, or 31 for a day in that month, and the last two digits of a year. Games are $1 each; top prize is $5,000.

Nebraska Pick 5

Nebraska Pick 5 draws daily. Players choose five numbers 1 through 40, making odds of winning the jackpot 1:658,008. Each play is $1. Its jackpot begins at $50,000 and groqws by $10,000 eachday the jacpot is not won. Smaller prizes of $500, $9, and a free Pick 5 ticket are also winnable, for tickets matching four, three, or two numbers respectively.

Former games

Nebraska was part of the MUSL game ''Wild Card'' when it began in 1998. The game's format changed in May 1999, becoming Wild Card 2; simultaneously, Nebraska pulled out. Wild Card 2 remained available in

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, and

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until 2016.

References

External links

Official Website
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