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Famous TV actor talks about Mississippi State signee Jack Bauer
We’re a little more than 48 hours away from the opening rounds of the 2025 MLB Draft and finding out where Mississippi State signees and players will be headed in the professional ranks.
One of the most intriguing players Mississippi State fans should keep an eye on is Jack Bauer. For one, great name. For another, ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel has tagged Bauer as one of the two players in the draft with the highest ceilings.
Even if you’ve never seen an episode, you’re probably aware of the tv series, 24, where each season takes place over a span of 24 hours. The main character of the series is named Jack Bauer, played the talented Kiefer Sutherland.
Recently, MLB.com posted an article talking to Sutherland about the baseball player named after his famous character.
“To see someone excel at that level at such a young age, and the fact that he has the last name Bauer and his parents chose to call him Jack. … It’s kind of fun for me,” Sutherland told me, laughing, in a recent phone call. “Like I said, I’m not the most avid baseball fan, but now I’ve got something to root for.”
Bauer, the left-handed high schooler who hit 103 mph, is aware of the connection, too. He wore the number 24 in high school because, as he put it on the MLB Pipeline podcast, he wanted to “play into the number a little bit.”
Hopefully, he continues to wear the number wherever he plays next season. Speaking of which…
In McDaniel’s latest mock draft, Bauer is not selected in the first two rounds. Bauer is mentioned (see previous comment about highest ceiling) as a rumor that the Los Angeles Dodgers will select Bauer and Quentin Young with the last two picks of the first round, but McDaniel has other players being selected.
It’s interesting, but Mississippi State fans shouldn’t start getting their hopes up too high that Bauer will come to Starkville. As a recent 247Sports story explained (very well I might add), players selected in the first 10 rounds are expected to sign with the professional team that drafted them.
But “expected” doesn’t mean “guaranteed” so, we’ll pull out my favorite cliché, anything can happen.
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This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri, in partnership with Report for America, with major funding from the Walton Family Foundation.
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Check your Powerball tickets. One sold in Mississippi is worth at least $2 million.
Across the U.S., at least 91 lottery tickets won $1 million in the Wednesday, April 29 drawing, according to the Powerball website.
That includes two tickets that won the jackpot. They were sold in Indiana and Kansas.
The estimated jackpot was $143.4 million ($65.2 million cash prize).
The winning numbers were 3, 19, 35, 51, 67 and Powerball 15. The multiplier was 2x.
Here’s what we know about where the winning ticket was bought, how many tickets are worth at least $1 million and how to file for lottery winnings in Mississippi.
Where was the $2 million Powerball ticket sold in Mississippi?
One ticket in Mississippi matched all five white balls and had the Power Play option. The odds of matching the five white balls is 1 in 11,688,053.52, according to the Powerball website.
The Mississippi Lottery Corporation said the multi-million-dollar-winning ticket was sold at Doc’s Quick Stop Exxon in Byhalia.
27 tickets win $2 million in latest drawing
Just because you didn’t get the Powerball doesn’t mean you didn’t win big.
Twenty-seven tickets matched the five white balls and had the Power Play option to win $2 million each. They were sold in:
- Arkansas: 1
- Illinois: 1
- Indiana: 5
- Kansas: 1
- Louisiana: 5
- Mississippi: 1
- New Jersey: 4
- Oregon: 3
- Pennsylvania : 2
- Rhode Island: 1
- South Carolina: 1
- Wisconsin: 2
How many Powerball tickets are worth $1 million?
Sixty-two tickets matched the five white balls to win $1 million each. They were sold in:
- Arkansas: 1
- Arizona: 1
- California: 1
- Georgia: 1
- Illinois: 3
- Indiana: 14
- Kansas: 5
- Kentucky: 1
- Louisiana: 6
- Michigan: 1
- Minnesota: 1
- Missouri: 1
- Nebraska: 2
- New Jersey: 14
- Oregon: 1
- Pennsylvania: 5
- Wisconsin: 4
Some are calling Wednesday’s Powerball drawing the luckiest ever.
A news release announcing where jackpot-winning tickets were sold is usually posted to the Powerball website the morning after a drawing. However, a news release related to the Wednesday drawing winners had not been posted as of 1 p.m. Thursday, April 30.
Can you claim a lottery jackpot anonymously in Mississippi? How?
Yes, Mississippi lets lottery winners claim a jackpot of any size anonymously.
Mississippi Lottery won’t disclose your identity without written permission.
I won the lottery in Mississippi! How do I get my money?
The Mississippi Lottery advises people to sign the back of their winning ticket immediately.
If your prize is less than $600, you can claim that at any place that sells Mississippi Lottery tickets.
If you win $600-$99,999, you can claim by mail or by going to the Mississippi Lottery Headquarters in Flowood.
All prizes more than $100,000 must be claimed at the Mississippi Lottery Headquarters.
What are the rules to claim a Powerball prize?
Powerball prizes must be claimed within one year from the date of the drawing.
Powerball jackpot winners may choose to receive their prize as an annuity, paid in 30 graduated payments over 29 years, or a lump-sum payment. Both advertised prize options are prior to federal and jurisdictional taxes, according to the Powerball website.
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