Reynold Schultz and Candace Day won $50,004 in Wednesday's Powerball drawing.
Someone in Maryland bought the giant $731 million ticket in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, but a couple from Lincoln also claimed a smaller piece of the action.
Reynold Schultz and Candace Day, his fiancée, were headed to work when they found out a ticket they had purchased matched four of the five white numbers (40, 53, 60, 68, and 69) plus the red Powerball number (22) in the drawing. That was worth $50,004.
"We were more than excited," Schultz told Nebraska Lottery officials Thursday when the couple claimed their prize. "We were high-fiving each other."
Only one ticket matched all six numbers. It was sold in Lonaconing, a struggling coal-mining town of 1,200 people in mountainous western Maryland. Previously, it was best known as the hometown of baseball Hall of Famer Lefty Grove, a star pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox in the 1920s and ’30s.
"I can’t wait to congratulate the person," Richard Ravenscroft, owner of the convenience store where the ticket was sold, told the Associated Press. "I just hope whoever has won it uses it wisely and that other people benefit from it."
Those who missed out on the big Powerball payout still have a chance to snag a mega payout in Friday's Mega Millions drawing. The jackpot has rolled over 36 consecutive times, the longest run in the game's history. Friday's payout is estimated at $970 million taken as an annuity, or $716.3 million in a cash lump sum. But the odds against winning are extremely steep: 1 in 302 million.
It's the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot to date. The largest, at $1.537 billion, was won in October 2018 in South Carolina.
No one in Nebraska has ever won the top prize in Mega Millions, but three winning tickets of between $10,000 and $30,000 have been sold in the state since the top prize was last won Sept. 18. And a $1 million Mega Millions ticket was sold in Lincoln last March.
This report includes information from the Associated Press.
Our best Omaha staff photos of January 2021
Players gather UNO goalie Isaiah Saville before the start of their game at Baxter Arena on Wednesday, December 09, 2021. Saville has "BLM" and a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. on his helmet.
Thomas Wilkins conducts the Omaha Symphony in a performance at the Holland Performing Arts Center in Omaha on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
UNO's Claire Killianm left, tries to keep South Dakota State's Regan Nesheim from passing the ball late in the game at Baxter Arena on Friday, January 15, 2021.
A Nebraska license plate is seen covered in snow during a blizzard in Omaha on Friday, January 15, 2021.
Snow falls in front of a mural near 60th Street and Ames Avenue as a blizzard whips through Omaha on Friday, January 15, 2021.
Jon Jacobs cleans the snow off of his car in downtown Omaha as residents woke up to a blizzard warning on Friday, January 15, 2021. Jacobs works downtown.
About 50 Creighton students were moved into other campus housing after a ricin scare at Davis Square apartments late Thursday.
Creighton's Shereef Mitchell takes off on a fast break as St. John's Vince Cole, left, and Greg Williams Jr. pursue in the first half on Saturday, January 09, 2021.
Creighton's Alex O'Connell gets hit by a ball as St. John's Rasheem Dunn falls over while trying to grab the loose ball in the first half on Saturday, January 09, 2021.
Seniors Aysha Ridley and Quintin Idt work during a math readiness class at Gretna High School. The class is in partnership with Metro Community College.
The front room at the Hepburn home. Megan loves using color; she thinks it’s more fun for daughters Harriet and Georgie. She painted the flower picture.
Deer walk through snow at Zorinsky Lake in Omaha on Thursday, January 07, 2021.
Fog begins to lift as the downtown Omaha skyline starts to appear as viewed from the Lincoln Monument in Council Bluffs, Iowa on Monday, January 04, 2021.
Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner dunks the ball against Seton Hall's Ike Obiagu.
A snowball is thrown at a counterprotester driving by on K Street on the north side of the Nebraska State Capitol on Wednesday. Protesters had gathered to protest the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
The Holiday Lights Festival’s New Year’s Eve Fireworks Spectacular fireworks show filled the sky over downtown Omaha Thursday.
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