“The last Mega Millions jackpot won on a Friday the 13th was on January 13, 2023, when a giant $1.348 billion prize was won in Maine. That is still the third-largest jackpot in the game’s history,” the lottery said in a press release .

A man who claimed half of a $394 million Mega Millions jackpot earlier this year has sued the lottery after he said he bought both winning tickets.

Faramarz Lahijani claims he bought the two winning tickets at the Chevron gas station in Encino, Los Angeles, on 8 2023

Early lottery would have granted access to select entrepreneurs, but lawsuits derailed it.

Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management on Wednesday announced that it’s canceling a planned lottery for special early cannabis licenses intended to help disadvantaged entrepreneurs get a leg-up in the nascent legal marijuana market.

After a judge halted a planned lottery for cannabis license "preapproval" last month, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management said it was skipping past that process entirely and focusing on a standard licensing period in late spring and early summer of 2025.