Winter 2024
The Lottery Times
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The Lucky Star games will close on January 24, 2025, unless all the top prizes are claimed earlier.
This holiday season, remember to #GiftResponsibly! Lottery tickets never belong in children’s gifts.
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Starting January 6, enter current, non-winning $3 Scratch tickets monthly for a chance to win a pack of $3 Scratch tickets. Five winners drawn per month!
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Chappell Woman Wins $200,000 Playing Crossword Mania
Laurie Dale of Chappell won $200,000 playing Crossword Mania, the $20 Scratch ticket from the Nebraska Lottery.
Dale purchased her ticket at Pump & Pantry #28 at 981 Second St. in Chappell. The ticket matched 12 words in the playfield to win her $200,000 prize.
She scratched off her ticket while watching the World Series and rooting for her team who weren’t doing so great.
“I was yelling at the Yankees and scratching while watching the game,” Dale said. “When I saw it I was kind of doubting there were 12 words.”
But she wasn’t seeing things. While the Yankees were taking a beating, she was winning big.
Dale said she’s planning on paying off her house with the winnings.
A $20 Scratch game, Crossword Mania offers players a chance to win prizes from $20 to $200,000. The chances of winning $200,000 were one in 75,000, while the odds of winning any prize are one in 3.
Gambling can be an enjoyable source of entertainment for many people. But for some people, gambling can be addictive.
Warning Signs of Problem Gambling
- You can’t stop gambling, even when it’s hurting you.
- You bet money you can’t afford to lose.
- You bet other people’s money.
- You steal to bet.
- Gambling is all you think about.
- Gambling is the main way you escape.
- Asking others to bail you out when you’ve gambled money away.
- Lying about the time and money you spend gambling.
- Gambling more after a loss to win back the loss.
- Gambling is killing your relationships.
If you’re concerned that you, or someone you know, has a gambling problem, free help is available.
- Call Justin at the Nebraska Problem Gambling Helpline at 833-BETOVER (238-6837). He’ll pick up your call 24/7. Many people call Justin just to talk through their concerns.
- Explore additional resources at https://problemgambling.nebraska.gov.
If you decide you could use the help of confidential, professional counseling with a certified problem-gambling counselor, the State of Nebraska pays the full cost of counseling for Nebraskans and their families via the Nebraska Problem Gamblers Assistance Program. Working with a trained counselor helped 92% of Nebraska clients reduce their gambling, and 78% reduced their gambling debt.
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