Fall 2026
The Lottery Times
Powerball Xs & Os™
Powerball Xs & Os is now on the field! It’s a great Lotto game where you pick 8 NFL team logos! The starting jackpot is 1 million dollars. Drawings are every Sunday, so make it a regular part of your game-day routine.
Powerball Xs & Os results are randomly drawn and not based on, determined by, or dependent on the outcome of NFL games.
Buffalo Blitz
Stampede into your nearest Nebraska Lottery retailer and play $5 Buffalo Blitz, our newest Scratch ticket — with a $50,000 top prize!
$3 Monthly Scratch Promotion
Hip, Hip, Hip, Hooray! Our 3 Cheers Promotion is back! From Aug. 3-Nov. 2, 2026, enter non-winning $3 Scratch tickets for a chance to win a pack of $3 Scratch tickets! 15 winners will be drawn on Nov. 3.
Santa’s Cash Second-Chance Promotion
Until Jan. 19, 2027, enter non-winning Santa’s Cash Holiday Scratch tickets online for a chance to win $5,000 or $10,000! Two $5,000 winners will be drawn on Dec. 2, 2026, and two $10,000 winners will be drawn on Jan. 20, 2027!
Wisconsin Woman Drives Off With Pony Payout Ford Mustang Win
Christina Roberts of Sheboygan, Wisconsin was the winner of a 2026 Ford Mustang GT in Nebraska Lottery’s Pony Payout Second-Chance Promotion.
Roberts grew up in Omaha before moving to Wisconsin and was back in town recovering from surgery at her parents’ house.
“Needless to say, I had some extra time,” she said, “So we played some Scratch tickets.”
Roberts and her mom would buy Pony Payout tickets in hopes of winning the Second Chance drawing and driving away in the 2026 Ford Mustang GT. She was so dedicated, she kept a running list of their entries in an Excell spreadsheet.
They entered all of their non-winning tickets through the Nebraska Lottery’s MVP Club, but they had a few decent winners, Roberts said, including a couple of $50 wins.
When she got the call that she’d been drawn as the Mustang winner, she called her mom right away.
“It was unbelievable,” she said. “We were jumping up and down over the phone.”
They’re still deciding who gets full custody of the car, but Roberts said her mom could absolutely take it out for a joy ride and then take it out on the road herself.
“I’m tempted to take it out and really open it up and see how fast it can go.”
A portion of the proceeds from the Nebraska Lottery go to support education in our state. These proceeds are directed to various projects as directed by the Nebraska Legislature.
For fiscal years 2024-25 through 2028-29, the proceeds are distributed under the following formula:
(a) Eight percent to the Behavioral Training Cash Fund;
(b) Two percent to the College Pathway Program Cash Fund;
(c) Seven percent to the Community College Gap Assistance Program Fund;
(d) Ten percent to the State Department of Education Improvement Grant Fund;
(e) Three percent to fund distance education incentives pursuant to section 79-1337;
(f) One percent to the Door to College Scholarship Fund;
(g) Eight percent to the Excellence in Teaching Cash Fund;
(h) One and one-half percent to the Expanded Learning Opportunity Grant Fund;
(i) One and one-half percent to the Mental Health Training Cash Fund; and
(j) Fifty-eight percent to the Nebraska Opportunity Grant Fund.
The Nebraska Opportunity Grant program receives the largest share of lottery proceeds for education. “College costs are the number one reason given by people who don’t attend college or dropout without completing a certificate or a degree, and financial aid is a lifeline for many students,” said Dr. Michael Baumgartner, Executive Director of the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education. “Nebraska Lottery proceeds distributed to the Nebraska Opportunity Grant program have helped hundreds of thousands of Nebraska students pay for their college education over the past three decades, benefitting them, their families, and all Nebraskans.”
Since 1993, over $486 million in proceeds has been distributed for educational projects.
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