Nebraska Lottery

Lincoln, NE – August 26, 2024 – Richard Welch of Davey is the sixth winner of a 2024 Ford F-150 XLT 4×4 SuperCrew truck in the 29th edition of the Nebraska Lottery’s $2 Truck$ & Buck$ scratch-off game.

Welch purchased his winning Truck$ & Buck$ ticket at U-Stop #12, 6801 Wildcat Dr. in Lincoln. Nebraska Lottery officials presented him with his new truck at the U-Stop on Monday, August 26.

Welch stopped at U-Stop, bought 10 Truck$ & Buck$ tickets and took them home to scratch them off early one morning, winning the top prize.

“I didn’t believe it,” he said. “I had to go in and wake up my wife so I could tell someone.”

U-Stop is about a mile from his house and is the only place he buys his tickets, Welch said. He is a regular customer and most of the U-Stop employees knew who he was and were happy for him, he said.

“It feels good,” he said. “It’s a great feeling.”

In the 29th edition of the Nebraska Lottery’s popular $2 Truck$ & Buck$ scratch-off game, the 2024 Ford F-150 XLT 4×4 SuperCrew Truck is the top prize. Players have the opportunity to win one of eight Ford F-150 trucks, plus thousands of cash prizes. The truck prize is valued at $81,500, including $976 for costs associated with ownership and state and federal withholding taxes paid by the Nebraska Lottery of $4,075 and $19,560, respectively. The odds of winning the Truck$ & Buck$ top prize are 1 in 336,000, while the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.69.

The mission of the Nebraska Lottery is to generate revenue for good causes while providing quality entertainment opportunities to Nebraskans. Since the lottery’s inception in 1993, over $991 million has been raised for the Nebraska Lottery beneficiary funds. All 93 Nebraska counties have benefited from projects funded with these Nebraska Lottery proceeds.