Federal Stimulus Money Could Give Bump To Florida Lottery Sales
Federal stimulus checks could provide a short-term boost to Florida's lottery, while play is expected to slow later amid widespread vaccination against COVID-19.
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Federal stimulus checks could provide a short-term boost to Florida's lottery, while play is expected to slow later amid widespread vaccination against COVID-19.
The Mega Millions jackpot has jumped again to a staggering $1 billion dollars, and it could be yours Friday night.
It was the fourth-largest jackpot in Powerball history but Wednesday night, one ticket matched all six numbers in a jackpot worth $731.1 million.
The Mega Millions jackpot is closing in on $1 billion after nobody won the top prize on Tuesday.
The giant Mega Millions jackpot continues to climb ahead of Tuesday's drawing.
The Florida Lottery has raised the bars with the GOLD RUSH SUPREME family of Scratch-Off games!! With over $556,000,000 dollars in total prizes, over 45 million winning tickets and a Bonus Play promotion with a growing jackpot – they're good as gold!
The Powerball Jackpot has swelled to an estimated $730 million after there was no single winner in Saturday night's drawing.
The Mega Millions jackpot will likely continue to rise after there was no single winner during Friday night's drawing of the $750 million jackpot.
Florida lottery players are hoping to win big this weekend after no ticket matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball lottery drawing, pushing the weekend jackpot to an estimated $640 million.
The Mega Millions jackpot has jumped again to $750 million, making it the second highest jackpot in the lottery game's history.
The Mega Millions jackpot is jumping again. Tuesday, just hours ahead of the big drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $625 million.
What would you do if you won the $615 million Mega Millions jackpot? What about the $550 million Powerball jackpot? That's right, both jackpots combined total $1.165 billion!
Feeling lucky? Florida lottery players have $1.7 billion reasons to play Mega Millions or Powerball this weekend.
Florida lottery players have $990 million reasons to play Mega Millions or Powerball this weekend as America's dueling jackpots reach a combined total of $990 million.
Florida lottery players have a chance to win big this weekend as America's dueling jackpots, Mega Millions and Powerball continue to club for a combined total of $980 million.
The Mega Millions jackpot is jumping again after nobody won the big prize in Tuesday night's drawing.
Florida lottery players have a chance to win big this week as America's dueling jackpots, Mega Millions and Powerball reach a combined total of $857 million.
Both the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots are jumping again.
The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $38 billion to education and sending more than 880,000 students like Tony Serdenes to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
A Florida man who won $1 million dollars in a lottery scratch-off game three years ago has won another big money jackpot, and this time it was worth $5 million.
The Florida Lottery's flagship Draw game, FLORIDA LOTTO has a new look, bigger prizes, better odds, and a new price.
Thousands of students like Lauryn Brown have benefited from life changing opportunities Thanks to the Florida Lottery Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
If you've ever played the Florida Lottery and didn't feel like going to the store to see if you actually won anything, now you don't have to.
While most of the state and the nation remains closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Florida Lottery is still open and running, even though offices are closed.
The Florida Lottery is closing all of its offices to keep employees safe from the coronavirus.
President Trump on Tuesday called for a "total and complete blockade" on all sanctioned oil tankers that enter or depart Venezuela, as the administration heaps pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Eliott Rodriguez's career at CBS News Miami was defined by firsthand coverage of historic moments in Latin America.
Surveillance video provided to CBS News Miami showed the moment a tow truck quickly pulled up to take a blue car away on Sunday in Sunrise.
The program, called RideKel, is the first of its kind in Miami-Dade County.
"The quarterback play last night was not good enough," McDaniel said Tuesday, "and so for me, everything is on the table."
President Trump on Tuesday called for a "total and complete blockade" on all sanctioned oil tankers that enter or depart Venezuela, as the administration heaps pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Eliott Rodriguez's career at CBS News Miami was defined by firsthand coverage of historic moments in Latin America.
Surveillance video provided to CBS News Miami showed the moment a tow truck quickly pulled up to take a blue car away on Sunday in Sunrise.
The program, called RideKel, is the first of its kind in Miami-Dade County.
"The quarterback play last night was not good enough," McDaniel said Tuesday, "and so for me, everything is on the table."
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
President Trump on Tuesday called for a "total and complete blockade" on all sanctioned oil tankers that enter or depart Venezuela, as the administration heaps pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Recently released emails document Jeffrey Epstein's involvement in Leon Black's personal affairs.
President Trump said he will deliver an address live to the nation Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.
Rep. Jamie Raskin wants to see White House construction like President Trump's ballroom project subjected to the same scrutiny as other federal projects.
The U.S. military says it struck three more alleged drug-carrying boats in the Eastern Pacific, the latest in a campaign of vessel strikes ordered by the Trump administration that have killed at least 95 people.
Guest host Lauren Pastrana is joined by Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust.
Guest host Laura Pastrana talks with one of the big winners from Tuesday's runoff elections, Miami Beach Commissioner-elect Monica Matteo-Salinas.
Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami Dade College Trustees to donate land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library.
Jim DeFede investigates the millions of dollars in state funding cuts for meal programs across South Florida.
Jim DeFede interviews Florida Lt. Governor Jay Collins, who is mulling a run for governor in 2026.
Physicians and educators spoke out against the proposed repeal of vaccination requirements for diseases such as chickenpox during a Department of Health workshop in Panama City Beach, while vaccine critics applauded Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration for advancing the plan.
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Miami, The Ohio State University, University of Michigan and other institutions coauthored the study.
Experts say the original warnings from more than 20 years ago were based on outdated information and were "overly broad."
Kian Sadeghi, the 25-year-old founder and CEO at Nucleus Genomics, tells "CBS Mornings" that parents have every right to select the qualities and traits they desire in their child.
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Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Anthony Geary, who played Luke Spencer on the long-running soap opera "General Hospital," has died.
R&B musician Trey Songz was arrested in New York City over the weekend after an incident at the Dramma nightclub near Times Square.
Nick Reiner, a son of director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, has been arrested on murder charges following their deaths, police said.
Rob Reiner was the son of a comedy giant who became one himself with movies such as "The Princess Bride," "When Harry Met Sally…" and "This is Spinal Tap."
Director Rob Reiner and wife, Michele, were found dead in their Los Angeles home, sources told CBS News, in what police called an apparent homicide.