The Nebraska Lottery is run by the government of Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association

Multi-State Lottery Association

The Multi-State Lottery Association is a non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by agreement of its 33 member lotteries MUSL was created to facilitate the operation of multi-jurisdictional lottery games, including Powerball, Mega Millions), video lottery, and instant ...

 (MUSL). Its games include Mega Millions

Mega Millions

Mega Millions is a US multi-jurisdictional $1 lottery game. Since it replaced The Big Game in May 2002 , Mega Millions' advertised jackpots have started at $12 million, paid in 26 yearly installments , increasing when there is no jackpot winner...

, Powerball

Powerball

Powerball is an American lottery game sold in 44 jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. It is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association , a non-profit organization formed by an agreement with lotteries. Powerball is a game whose advertised jackpot starts at $20 million and can roll into...

, 2by2, Nebraska Pick 5

Fantasy 5

The following is a list of lottery games in the United States and Canada in which five regular numbers are drawn from a larger set of numbers. The list includes the name, the number field for each, and the frequency of drawings. All pick-5 games in the U.S...

, Pick 3, and MyDaY.

Unique to Nebraska are municipal lotteries, which began before Nebraska itself entered the lottery business. They are keno

Keno

Keno is a lottery or bingo gambling game often played at modern casinos, and is also offered as a game in some state lotteries. A traditional live casino keno game uses a circular glass enclosure called a "bubble" containing 80 balls which determine the ball draw result. Each ball is imprinted...

 games, which the Nebraska Lottery itself does not offer.

The minimum age to buy tickets has always been 19. Elsewhere, the minimum is 18 or 21.

Except for Powerball, whose winning numbers are drawn with numbered balls in Florida

Florida Lottery

The Florida Lottery is a government-run organization in Florida, USA. With numerous on-line and scratch-off games available, players have a wide variety of prize levels to choose from. Since it began, the Florida Lottery has continued to add variety to its portfolio of games...

, and Mega Millions in Atlanta

Georgia Lottery

The Georgia Lottery is overseen by the government of Georgia, United States. Headquartered in Atlanta and run by the Georgia Lottery Corporation, the lottery takes in over US$1 billion yearly. By law, half of the money goes to prizes, one-third to education, and the remainder to operating and...

, all Nebraska Lottery games are drawn by a random number generator, or RNG. (Mega Millions and Powerball use RNGs to determine their multipliers.)

Pick 3

Pick 3 is drawn Mondays through Saturdays. Prices, prizes, and options vary. It has been played since 2004.

MyDay

MyDay also is played Mondays through Saturdays. Players pick 1 number from 1 through 12 representing a month, 1 number from 1 through 28, 29, 30, or 31 for a day in that month, and the last two digits (00-99) of a year. Games cost $1 each; top prize is $5,000.

Nebraska Pick 5

Nebraska Pick 5 also is played Mondays through Saturdays. It draws five numbers from 1 through 38. Each play is $1. Its jackpot begins at $50,000.

2by2 (multi-lottery game)

2by2 is played in Nebraska, Kansas, and North Dakota; it is drawn seven nights a week. It draws two red numbers from 1 through 26, and two white numbers, also from 1 through 26. Games cost $1 each. There are eight ways to win. Matching all four numbers wins $22,000; that prize is doubled if won on a Tuesday and is won on a ticket good for at least seven consecutive drawings.

Powerball (multi-lottery game)

Since 1994, Nebraska has been a member of MUSL. Powerball began in 1992. Powerball's jackpots currently start at $20 million; it is drawn Wednesday and Saturday nights.

Mega Millions (multi-lottery game)

On September 6, 1996, six lotteries began a jackpot game then called The Big Game. It became Mega Millions in 2002. On October 13, 2009, the Mega Millions

Mega Millions

Mega Millions is a US multi-jurisdictional $1 lottery game. Since it replaced The Big Game in May 2002 , Mega Millions' advertised jackpots have started at $12 million, paid in 26 yearly installments , increasing when there is no jackpot winner...

 consortium and MUSL reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions

Mega Millions

Mega Millions is a US multi-jurisdictional $1 lottery game. Since it replaced The Big Game in May 2002 , Mega Millions' advertised jackpots have started at $12 million, paid in 26 yearly installments , increasing when there is no jackpot winner...

 and Powerball

Powerball

Powerball is an American lottery game sold in 44 jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. It is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association , a non-profit organization formed by an agreement with lotteries. Powerball is a game whose advertised jackpot starts at $20 million and can roll into...

in US lottery jurisdictions. On January 5, 2010, the Nebraska Lottery held a public hearing on proposed regulations relating to it joining Mega Millions. Nebraska added Mega Millions on March 20, 2010.