By Nebraska Lottery
Lincoln– Richard Eichhorn of Alliance won $50,000 playing Nebraska Pick 5 from the Nebraska Lottery.
Eichhorn purchased his ticket at Nick’s Gas & Liquor at 224 E 3rd St. in Alliance. The ticket contained a quick pick play for the April 10 drawing and matched the winning numbers 15, 21, 26, 34 and 35.
“I play every day,” Eichhorn said. “Week after week.”
He’s won a few $450 prizes for matching four Pick 5 numbers, but this is the first time he’s gotten them all.
Eichhorn and his wife Pat said they’re thinking they might take a cruise with their winnings. They’ve been on cruises around the world, they said, but there’s still a lot to see out there.
“I’m going to keep playing Pick 5,” Eichhorn said. “I’m going to win even bigger next time. Maybe after another cruise.”
Nebraska Pick 5 is Nebraska’s unique Lottery game: all the proceeds from Nebraska Pick 5 stay in Nebraska, and all the winning tickets are sold in Nebraska at Nebraska Lottery Lotto game retailers. The odds of winning the Nebraska Pick 5 jackpot, which starts at $50,000 and grows by $4,000 each drawing that is not won, are 1 in 501,942 while the overall odds of winning a prize in the game, which has drawings seven nights a week, are 1 in 8.
The mission of the Nebraska Lottery is to generate proceeds for good causes while providing quality entertainment options to Nebraskans. Over $923 million has been raised for the Nebraska Lottery’s beneficiary funds since the Lottery began in 1993. All 93 counties in Nebraska have benefited from projects funded with these Nebraska Lottery proceeds.