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The Powerball jackpot has reached $1.4 billion, vaulting into the top-10 largest U.S. lottery jackpots in history. The ultimate prize went unclaimed again on Monday, and the next drawing on Wednesday ...

NEW YORK (AP) — NBA owners passed rules Thursday designed to prevent healthy players from sitting out games, and teams from losing games on purpose to improve their draft position. Under the new draft ...

Explaining how the MLB Draft lottery works in its first season. For the first time in Major League Baseball history, this year’s MLB Draft will utilize a draft lottery system to determine a portion of ...

When the pingpong balls came to a rest after Tuesday night’s NBA draft lottery, it was the end of an era for the league. Starting next season, the lottery’s distribution of odds based on team records ...

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery The 2024 NHL Draft Lottery takes place tonight, with the winner earning the opportunity to select Boston University center Macklin ...

The H-1B program has always been a high-stakes gamble for foreign professionals and the companies that want to hire them, but the latest overhaul turns that gamble into something closer to a tiered ...

The Oregon Lottery has issued a declaratory ruling that found that Oregon Racing, Inc. is operating a poker room at Portland Meadows racetrack in violation of state gambling laws. "The onsite poker ...