First appearance of William Utay, but in this episode he plays Ivan Brewster. He would go on to play the longstanding character Phil Sanders and then his brother Will.
At the end of the episode when Dan and Selma are standing in the cafeteria, Selma lights her cigarette with the lighter she stole from Dan at the end of the previous episode. Dan looks down as she is putting it back in her pocket and that's when the scene cuts away.
First occurrence of an actor returning to the show as a different character. Jennifer Richards returns as Mary Jo Martin. She previously starred in The Eye of the Beholder (1984) as Iris Keller.
One of the hopeful lottery ticket recipients in the final courtroom scene is dressed like the main character in The Elephant Man (1980). In fact, during the laughter, you can hear someone in the audience yell, "The Elephant Man!"