WAYNE COUNTY, MI – A 32-year-old man turned $20 into $2 million after playing the Michigan Lottery’s 100X instant game on a whim. The player from Wayne County, who chose to remain anonymous, bought his winning ticket at Fleck’s Fresh Mart located at 45495 Michigan Avenue in Canton.

It turns out, Rivera beat more than 1-in-1.2 million odds to win a top prize in the scratch-off game. He scanned his lucky ticket and learned he needed to bring it to the lottery’s headquarters, not knowing how much it was worth at first.

With the 2025 regular season in the books and all 30 teams' records and winning percentages final, the '26 Draft order and lottery odds have begun to take shape. The MLB Draft Lottery -- ping pong balls and all -- has become a staple of the offseason.

The director of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery and state's higher education commissioner on Thursday touted the transfer of $48 million to the Arkansas Division of Higher Education to fund college scholarships for the fall semester as the largest in the lottery's history.

A $20,000 Mega Millions ticket was sold for Friday, Sept. 26’s drawing, according to the CT Lottery’s website.

The anonymity protection applies retroactively — winners can remain anonymous regardless of when they purchased their winning ticket. Any winners currently appearing on the Oregon Lottery’s website or social media have signed release forms agreeing to be featured.

They also made sure to avoid getting swept by the Pirates in order to ensure that Morton’s final day in the sun as a big leaguer wasn’t in the midst of a losing effort. How much did that “cost” the Braves in the MLB Draft Lottery odds race?

The 2026 Connecticut legislative session will begin on February 4, 2026, and end on May 6, 2026, according to the General Assembly. New laws covering topics including new protections for lottery winners and a change to the state’s laws pertaining cousins marrying are set to take effect in Connecticut starting on October 1, 2025.