Anticipating a stampede of customers during Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Philadelphia, a regional rail line will hold an online lottery for 24-hour regional rail passes for travel on Sept. 26 and 27. This story is part of the Deseret News National Edition , which focuses on the issues that resonate with American families.

A truck driver who purchased a Mega Millions ticket at a truck stop claimed his $92 million prize Wednesday at Pennsylvania Lottery headquarters. Steven Peloquin, 52, of Mechanicsville, Virginia, turned in the sole winning ticket from a Mega Millions drawing last week and chose the cash value payout rather than a $153 million annuity, the Pennsylvania Lottery said.

Tom Rea, a building maintenance supervisor for the city’s department of corrections and his wife, Catherine Ruggeri-Rea, the city’s courts administrator, were announced as the winners of a $70 million jackpot at a news conference Wednesday morning. Rea, 62, has worked for the city for 40 years.

The North Carolina Education Lottery has surpassed records in sales and profits kicked back to the state, bringing in $522 million for education expenses in the most recent budget year. The lottery on Thursday announced its annual earnings for the year ending June 30. Ticket sales for the year totaled near 2 billion.

The North Carolina Education Lottery has surpassed records in sales and profits kicked back to the state, bringing in $522 million for education expenses in the most recent budget year. The lottery on Thursday announced its annual earnings for the year ending June 30. Ticket sales for the year totaled near 2 billion.

A lifetime Chicago resident used a quarter to scratch the Illinois Lottery 25X The Cash instant ticket that won him $250,000. “I can’t believe I won a quarter of a million dollars! It’s certainly a dream come true,” Leon Pawlykowycz, 64, said.

Serbia’s state lottery is facing an investigation after one of the winning numbers appeared on television before being drawn. During a live broadcast on Tuesday evening the fourth ball drawn was 27, but the programme mistakenly declared the number chosen had been 21. The station immediately realised its error and added a number 27 graphic to the winning numbers; but the next ball chosen was indeed 21. Lottery chief Aleksandar Vulovic said an employee mistakenly typed 21 instead of 27 but he has resigned out of “moral obligation” so an investigation can take place.

The Florida Lottery is considering selling lottery tickets online or alongside ATMs to combat relatively flat sales of some of its more well-known games. Lottery officials have asked companies seeking a contract worth at least $300 million to prove that they can sell tickets on the Internet or at ATMs and gasoline pumps.