- Nebraska Lottery
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The Nebraska Lottery is run by the government of Nebraska. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). Its games include Mega Millions, Powerball, 2by2, Nebraska Pick 5, Pick 3, and MyDaY.
Unique to Nebraska are municipal lotteries, which began before Nebraska itself entered the lottery business. They are keno games, which the Nebraska Lottery itself does not offer.
The minimum age to buy tickets has always been 19. Elsewhere, the minimum is 18 or 21.
Except for Powerball, whose winning numbers are drawn with numbered balls in Florida, and Mega Millions in Atlanta, all Nebraska Lottery games are drawn by a random number generator, or RNG. (Mega Millions and Powerball use RNGs to determine their multipliers.)
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Pick 3
Pick 3 is drawn Mondays through Saturdays. Prices, prizes, and options vary. It has been played since 2004.
MyDay
MyDay also is played Mondays through Saturdays. Players pick 1 number from 1 through 12 representing a month, 1 number from 1 through 28, 29, 30, or 31 for a day in that month, and the last two digits (00-99) of a year. Games cost $1 each; top prize is $5,000.
Nebraska Pick 5
Nebraska Pick 5 also is played Mondays through Saturdays. It draws five numbers from 1 through 38. Each play is $1. Its jackpot begins at $50,000.
2by2 (multi-lottery game)
2by2 is played in Nebraska, Kansas, and North Dakota; it is drawn seven nights a week. It draws two red numbers from 1 through 26, and two white numbers, also from 1 through 26. Games cost $1 each. There are eight ways to win. Matching all four numbers wins $22,000; that prize is doubled if won on a Tuesday and is won on a ticket good for at least seven consecutive drawings.
Powerball (multi-lottery game)
Since 1994, Nebraska has been a member of MUSL. Powerball began in 1992. Powerball's jackpots currently start at $20 million; it is drawn Wednesday and Saturday nights.
Mega Millions (multi-lottery game)
On September 6, 1996, six lotteries began a jackpot game then called The Big Game. It became Mega Millions in 2002. On October 13, 2009, the Mega Millions consortium and MUSL reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball in US lottery jurisdictions. On January 5, 2010, the Nebraska Lottery held a public hearing on proposed regulations relating to it joining Mega Millions. Nebraska added Mega Millions on March 20, 2010.
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