2026 draft lottery mostly holds to form

This year's draft lottery provided little surprise with only two lottery teams swapping positions within the top 10.

Hillsborough wins 2025 draft lottery

Hillsborough continued its recent luck in draft lottery, jumping up to secure the No. 1 overall pick for the third time in the past five years.

Philly wins 2024 draft lottery

The last time Philadelphia selected No. 1 overall -- in the pre-draft lottery days of 2002 -- they struck gold with a generational talent in Albert Pujols.

Hillsborough wins 2023 draft lottery

Hillsborough had historic luck in the 2023 draft lottery, winning the No. 1 overall pick from the No. 6 position.

2022 draft lottery results

In the first year of the league's 20-team field, 12 teams missed the playoffs and entered the 2022 draft. 

Down to the final game

Only a handful of games will matter tonight on the season's final day, but boy howdy, will three teams be scoreboard-watching just to be sure they've made the playoffs.

2015 Draft Lottery

While the Draft Lottery usually takes place soon after the season is over, the 2015 lottery has been delayed by numerous difficulties. First it tested positive for illegal supplements, then it was held captive by Russian mercenaries, and then finally hacked by Eric Snowden... but I digress. The Lottery was held last night in a secret, secure chamber deep in DMBL headquarters. Only four teams moved around much, though the many of the first few teams did get a draft-wide bump up one place from Saskatchewan folding.

The Winners

The biggest winner was the Arkansas Golden Falcons who moved up from number 4 to number 2. This is the highest the Falcons have ever picked without making a trade. Another winner is newcomer Charlotte Webbs, who also move two slots up from the #6/#7 position. The two new teams will swap positions in the draft every other round.

The Losers

With two winners, there must be two losers. The steepest fall belongs to the Hillsborough Hired Hitmen, who fall all the way to #6 from #3. Surely owner Brent Campbell is penning a hateful diatribe to the commissioner even as we speak! Also falling are the Hopatcong Floating Fish, who fall merely to #3 from the #2 spot. However, the Floating Fish would have picked #3 anyway if the Shields hadn't folded.

Draft Lottery results posted

As mentioned yesterday, the Draft Lottery results were published a couple of days ago. Amityville, Arkansas, and Philadelphia all moved up one spot in the order, while Blue Ridge fell one and D.C. fell two spots. Both New Jersey and Sardine City, which sent threatening letters to the commissioner's office for the past two months, have their spots in the order secured. The squad of mercenaries and various mafioso types that have been hanging out in front of the Commish's office have been recalled to their respective home bases. Meanwhile, the D.C. office plans to put the "bomb" in "O-Bomber" after their less than favorable results. But don't worry about them - the O-Bombers already have an extra draft pick in the first round, and are fishing for more.

By the way, amazingly enough, it appears to be favorable to sit in the 7th spot as that team has never once in the history of draft lotteries picked in that position. 5 times out of 7 they've moved up in the order, to as far as the 4th overall slot.