Lincoln, NE – March 26, 2020 – Jack Barraclough of North Platte won $77,777 playing the Hot 7s Super Ticket Scratch game from the Nebraska Lottery.
Barraclough purchased his winning ticket at Kwik Stop #01 at 120 South Jeffers Street in North Platte.
Barraclough, who claimed his prize on March 25 at the Nebraska Lottery’s Lincoln office, said he doesn’t play Scratch all that often. The most he’s won was about $150 before.
“I was breathless,” he said. “I was stunned”
A $10 Scratch game, Hot 7s Super Ticket offers players a chance to win prizes from a $10 free ticket to $77,777. The chances of winning $77,777 are one in 100,000, while the odds of winning any prize are one in 3.33.
The mission of the Nebraska Lottery is to generate proceeds for good causes while providing quality entertainment options to Nebraskans. Over $750 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.