OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A group of 16 workers in the Omaha Roads Department has claimed a $1 million Powerball prize.
The Nebraska Lottery says they claimed the prize on Tuesday from the Feb. 8 drawing. They workers have pooling their money to buy Powerball tickets each week for nearly a decade. Each will receive a $62,500.
One of the tickets matched five numbers, but not the Powerball.
The lottery says it’s the first automatic $1 million winning ticket since Powerball was upgraded on Jan. 15. Previously, the amount for matching the first five numbers was $200,000.