Nebraska lottery has begun as 37th lottery in the united state lotteries after Nebraska voters approved the formation of state lottery with 63 percent majority.
NE lottery was established on February 24, 1993, by LB 138, which was passed by the Nebraska Legislature.
The Nebraska lottery scratch tickets sale started on Sep 11th, 1963. NE lottery offers the scratch tickets for a bet of $1, $2, $5 or $10.
In 2004, Nebraska voters passed an amendment formulating the distribution of the NE lottery funds. As per the formula, 44.5% of Nebraska lottery profits should go to Nebraska Education Improvement Fund. Another 44.5% of the NE lottery profit goes to Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund and 10% to Nebraska State Fair. The remaining 1% of the profits are for Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund.
Nebraska offers 3 state operated lottery games;
Pick 3, the regular pick game where the player has to pick 3 digits from 0 through 9. And have to choose a play type.
MyDay is Nebraska lottery game with a unique theme. Player bet 1$ and can win up to $5000 by selecting a 6 digit date. Choose a month number from1 through 12, select any date from 1 through 31, and select two digit year. For example, if you want to choose 7th May 2016, then your six digits would be 050716. (MMDDYY). The drawings of Nebraska MyDay happens seven days a week and you can check MyDay winning numbers here.
Nebraska Pick 5, the player has to pick five numbers between 1 through 38 and for a $1 bet you can win a Jackpot. The jackpot starts at $50,000 and rolls over if no one wins.
Other than above Nebraska lottery games, NE lottery also offers the multi-state games Powerball, Mega million, Lucky4 Life and 2by2.
Unlike other states where the minimum age to participate in the lottery is either 18 or 21, Nebraska lottery minimum age to purchase a lottery is 19 years.
For details of Nebraska lottery and latest news visit Nebraska Lottery Official Website