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 game.
Welch purchased his winning Truck$ & Buck$ ticket at a U-Stop in Lincoln. He was presented with his new truck at U-Stop on Monday, August 26 by Nebraska Lottery officials.
Welch stopped at U-Stop and bought 10 Truck$ & Buck$ tickets and took them home to scratch off early one morning. That’s when he hit the top prize.
“I didn’t believe it,” he said. “I had to go in and wake up my wife so I could tell somebody.”
U-Stop is about a mile from his house and it’s become the only place he buys his tickets, Welch said. He’s a regular and most of the crew working at U-Stop knew who he was and were thrilled for him, he said.
“It feels good,” he said. “It’s a great feeling.”
The $2 Truck$ & Buck$ Scratch game features the 2024 Ford F-150 XLT 4×4 SuperCrew truck as its top prize. Players have the opportunity to win one of eight Ford F-150 trucks as well as thousands of cash prizes.
The last winner of a new truck in the Truck$ & Buck$ game was from Chadron. Billy Broyles purchased a winning ticket from Common Cents in Chadron and was presented with his prize on May 30th, 2024.
The truck prize is valued at $81,500, which includes $976 for costs associated with ownership and state and federal withholding paid by the Nebraska Lottery of $4,075 and $19,560, respectively. The odds of winning the top prize in Truck$ & Buck$ 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 proceeds for good causes while providing quality entertainment options to Nebraskans. Over $991 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.