The Nebraska Lottery announced the winner of the $1 million dollar ticket sold in the state for last Saturday's Powerball drawing. Daniel Moore of Bellwood bought the ticket at the Parkview One Stop in Schuyler. The ticket matched all the numbers except the Powerball.
Moore said he’s a regular Powerball player and was checking tickets in his truck after work when he discovered he’d won. Moore said he yelled “Thank you,” upon discovering he’d hit the $1 million prize.
“I checked them at the store and the clerk’s eyes got really big,” he said.
Moore said he’s planning on using his winnings to pay off his house and a couple of vehicles, but there’s something he wants to do that’s a little closer to his heart.
Moore’s father died in the spring and he’s wanted to buy his dad’s excavating business from his mother.
“Dad was looking down on you,” Moore’s mother told him after his win.
:Photo courtesy of the Nebraska Lottery.