The 43-year-old winner, who remained anonymous, purchased his Lotto 47 ticket from a Speedway gas station in Kalamazoo, according to a news release. He told state lottery officials he'd play the game "once in a while, and decided to buy a few tickets on a whim."

A lucky lottery player bought a $1 million scratch-off ticket at a gas station in Warren County last month after passing on a chance to keep an unclaimed $100 bill. The winner, who chose to remain anonymous purchased, three Power 20X tickets at Paul-Mart on Main Street in Phillipsburg, the New Jersey Lottery said.

OCEANA COUNTY, MI – A lottery ticket bought on a whim led to a Michigan woman turning $100 into $1 million. The 63-year-old Oceana County woman, who chose to remain anonymous, won her big prize playing the Michigan Lottery’s Millionaire Raffle game online.

A lottery player in Georgia made history after netting a $2.4 million jackpot. The lucky player won a whopping $2,488,184 in the Fantasy 5 drawing Friday, May 9, marking the largest ever jackpot win for the game since its 1994 debut, the Georgia Lottery said.

Rick Welts was there, 40 years to the date earlier, when the NBA draft lottery got started. He worked for the league then and was in the room when that first one took place.

The Mavericks had the winning numbers. The team with just a 1.8% chance at winning the No. 1 pick won, against virtually all the odds

Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian/OregonLive and Craig Birnbach discuss the latest news surrounding the Portland Trail Blazers.

Before your systolic number races like a Lamborghini, let me assure you this is in no way a make-up call for Nico. He’s not out of jail. The trade, on its own, remains the worst ever in Dallas sports and a contender in league history. Nothing locally is likely to surpass it, though we shouldn’t assume Nico won’t give it the old college try.