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It's a new day for gambling enthusiasts living in Sunrise. A major Las Vegas casino company announced Tuesday that it will partner with the Florida Panthers' parent company in an attempt to bring casino gambling to the city.
Sheldon Adelson, the largest foreign investor in China, has invested tens of millions of dollars in influencing the 2012 election and has vowed to spend $100 million to put his thumb on the scale for Mitt Romney in November.
A new group with big-money funding is working to bring resort-style casinos to Florida's poker players and slot slingers.
The construction of Marlins Park was filled with lawsuits, accusations of wrong-doing, withholding financial documents, and more. Now, even as the stadium is well into the first full season of baseball being played there, the stadium is still causing headaches for Miami-Dade County.
Four Broward County Powerball players came extremely close to winning part of a $241 million jackpot. While they're all still winners for picking five correct numbers, what's really amazing is that all of the winning tickets were sold at Publix supermarkets in Broward County.
You'll have to wait another few days for the chance to get rich with Powerball, after nobody picked the right five numbers Saturday to walk away with a jackpot estimated at $128 million. That means the next chance to win will be Wednesday, when the prize jumps to an estimated $146 million.
The Florida Supreme Court has cleared the way for the landmark Hialeah Park to install slot machines alongside it's slate of quarter-horse racing, and in the process cleared the way for slot machines to be permitted anywhere in the state.
New details about the seven city of Miami Beach workers that were arrested last week after an FBI sting showed employees with previous arrests, convictions, and other behavior that could get a person fired.
What would you do if you won the $325 million Powerball jackpot? That's what a lot of people across Florida and 41 other states are asking themselves after the jackpot for tonight's drawing grew by another $15 million.
After spending half a billion dollars on South Florida real estate, as well as hiring an army of lobbyists, why did the Malaysian gambling giant Genting fail in their bid to get casino gambling approved in the Legislature this year?
The odds are against you. Big Time. But that won't stop millions of people from taking a chance Saturday night with dollar signs in their eyes, as the multi-state Powerball lottery game's jackpot breaks the $200 million mark.
The destination casinos bill making its way through the Florida House died Friday after the House Business & Consumer Affairs Committee that was hearing the bill continued it until the next legislative session in 2013.
The chips were flying as gamblers tested out their luck in the new $150 million expansion at the Seminole Coconut Creek Casino.
In a key test for casino gambling in Florida, a House subcommittee Friday will take up a revised bill that would allow up to three destination resort casinos in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
If craps tables and roulette wheels come to South Florida crime will spin out of control. That was the claims of casino opponents who released a scientific study Wednesday, showing that casinos will boost burglary, car theft, robbery, rape, prostitution and political payoffs.
Voters in two north Florida counties approved measures that may allow slot machine permits at pari-mutual facilities in the counties on Tuesday.
Let the people decide the future of casinos in Florida. That's the results of a new poll of registered Florida voters.
A divided Senate panel on Thursday narrowly approved a bill to let greyhound tracks keep their licenses without having to offer live racing, opening the door for them to become card rooms or other types of gambling venues.
As the bill to expand casino gambling in Florida continues its uphill climb in the state Legislature, a new poll shows Miami-Dade voters sharply divided over its merits.
South Florida voters are sitting straight on the fence on the issue of resort casino gambling, and is gloomy about the local economy, according to a poll done last week for CBS4, The Miami Herald, Univision and El Nuevo Herald.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has issued an opinion against slot machines at pari-mutuels around the state except for Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
The idea of bringing Las Vegas style casinos to Florida may be gaining popularity among residents but it's still unknown whether Florida lawmakers will move forward with the ambitious plan.
The battle over whether to allow three mega-casinos to operate in South Florida takes center stage in Tallahassee Wednesday.
While lawmakers in Tallahassee battle over proposed plans to bring Las Vegas style megacasinos to South Florida, officials in Palm Beach County have given approval to a new casino ship.
Luka Doncic scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double on a night where he tied the NBA record for games played, and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
The demonstration of unity comes as Cuban leaders recently offered to allow exiles worldwide to invest in businesses and property on the island. However, this proposal is being met with immediate pushback from South Florida exiles.
The problem is compounded by construction blocking portions of the lanes and delivery vans navigating around barrels to park.
The testimony happened as attorneys for 13-year-old Nelson Nuñez and 12-year-old Jusiah Jones requested that the youngsters be released on bond.
Dr. Ronald Demeo, 63, is facing three counts of sexual battery on a physically helpless victim, according to his arrest report.
Luka Doncic scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double on a night where he tied the NBA record for games played, and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
The demonstration of unity comes as Cuban leaders recently offered to allow exiles worldwide to invest in businesses and property on the island. However, this proposal is being met with immediate pushback from South Florida exiles.
The problem is compounded by construction blocking portions of the lanes and delivery vans navigating around barrels to park.
The testimony happened as attorneys for 13-year-old Nelson Nuñez and 12-year-old Jusiah Jones requested that the youngsters be released on bond.
Dr. Ronald Demeo, 63, is facing three counts of sexual battery on a physically helpless victim, according to his arrest report.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
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.
Two former FBI agents who helped investigate President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results sued the federal government, alleging they were wrongfully terminated.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. has struck more than 7,000 targets across Iran since the war began.
Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer testified to the House Oversight Committee that he "had no knowledge whatsoever" of his client's crimes.
A group of House Democrats walked out of a closed-door briefing with Attorney General Pam Bondi on the Jeffrey Epstein probe late Wednesday, as tensions over the DOJ's handling of the Epstein case continue to simmer.
Critics of the bill argue that the attacks on the teacher unions are part of a broader education strategy that has slowly been unfolding for the past 30 years.
Nixon is in the Democratic primary against Alex Vindman, the retired lieutenant colonel who was instrumental in causing Trump's first impeachment.
In a wide-ranging CBS News Miami interview with Jim DeFede, Byron Donalds discussed his troubled past, tensions with Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political views.
For the first time, Donalds acknowledges that he didn't just possess marijuana, but that he was also dealing at the time.
The measure was pushed by the Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank funded by billionaires, whose intention is to eliminate public sector unions.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
The Sunshine state is on track to be the second-highest, with only nine cases behind Utah, and the numbers lagging by five days.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
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.
Law enforcement sources told CBS News that additional images were obtained from surveillance cameras installed at Guthrie's Tucson home, but they showed nothing suspicious.
The Kennedy Center's board of directors has voted to shut down operations for two years following this summer's July 4 celebrations.
The film follows CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp through their seven-year journey to document the toll of America's school shooting epidemic.
As Kumail Nanjiani took the stage to announce the winner for Best Live-Action Short at the 98th annual Academy Awards, the actor exclaimed: "And the Oscar goes to ... it's a tie."
Hollywood's biggest stars were honored at the 98th annual Academy Awards on Sunday. Here is what to know and how to watch the 2026 Oscars.