The value of picks is effectively compressed under the new system. Picks from any finish position are far more equal. This ...

For many people, lottery day does not begin with buying a ticket. It starts much earlier. Someone may hear friends talking ...

One of Costa Rica’s most familiar mid-year rituals is back on the streets. The Junta de Protección Social, known as the JPS, officially launched sales Monday for the 2026 Gordito de Medio Año, the ...

The NBA's wild new lottery system takes effect from 2027 on. This most recent lottery, in which the Charlotte Hornets landed 14th, was the last of its kind for at least a few years. The league adopted ...

In the new system, teams cannot have a pick land in the top five in three straight years. Utah landed in the top five in the 2025 and 2026 lotteries. David Banks / Imagn Images After a 2025-26 season ...

On Thursday, the NBA officially passed lottery reform with a vote from the league's board of governors. The odds have now been flattened into what the league is calling a "3-2-1" system in which 37 ...

The NBA Board of Governors voted decisively 29-1 to approve the new anti-tanking lottery system called “the 3-2-1 Lottery.” Starting in the 2027 draft, the lottery will expand from 14 to 16 teams and ...

On Thursday, the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan designed to dramatically reshape the draft lottery in hopes of combating the league’s tanking problem. Teams aren’t intentionally losing because ...

The NBA passed a '3-2-1' model of draft lottery reform on Thursday, and the Thunder and Spurs might have the most to gain ...

The goal of these changes, as commissioner Adam Silver has stated on numerous occasions, is to avert tanking. As many as nine teams arguably tanked this season, a number that has steadily risen since ...

The new '3-2-1 Lottery' is designed to eliminate incentives for teams to prioritize Draft position over winning. Official release NEW YORK – The NBA Board of Governors today approved a new NBA Draft ...

The Miami Heat has stood firmly against tanking for years. "I'm not going to change. I'm not going to try to lose. I'm not going to tank. I can't stand the word," Heat president Pat Riley said last ...