253 Million Reasons To Play Powerball
There are 253 million reasons why you might want to play the Powerball Lottery Saturday. The jackpot has swelled to $253 million dollars.
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There are 253 million reasons why you might want to play the Powerball Lottery Saturday. The jackpot has swelled to $253 million dollars.
The Florida Lottery is striking it rich after a quarter-century of operation. According to CBS4 news partner the Miami Herald, the Florida Lottery hit a record sales volume this year and that's music to the ears of Florida schools.
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.
What could you do with $200 million? If you're lucky, that's how much the Powerball lottery jackpot will be for Saturday's drawing.
There are 164 million reasons why you might want to play the Powerball Lottery Saturday. The jackpot has swelled to $164 million dollars.
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.
Florida Lotto and Powerball players are hoping they'll have better luck this Wednesday to win lots of cash as the jackpots for both games have rolled over.
One lucky South Florida lottery player is a half a million dollars richer today.
Florida Lotto and Powerball players are hoping they'll have better luck this Wednesday to win lots of cash as the jackpots for both games have rolled over.
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.
If you hope Powerball will make you rich, you'll have to pony up more to take a chance. Starting Sunday, the price of a Powerball ticket will double, but the wizards behind the game claim it will be worth it because the odds of winning will go down.
Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $119,675.34 each and one of those winning tickets were purchased in Miami Lakes, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.
While the chances of hitting the Powerball remain distant, the cost of even competing in the Powerball is going up on January 15. Tickets for the multistate game will double to $2 starting January 15, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $128,067.20 each, and one of those winning tickets were purchased in South Florida the Florida Lottery said Saturday.
A Tallahassee man had a very, very Merry Christmas. Richard McMullen won the Florida Lotto drawing on Christmas Eve to win the $50 million dollar jackpot.
It was the biggest Lotto jackpot of the year, but there was plenty of room in Santa's sack to carry the prize. After months without a jackpot winner, the big prize was finally won Christmas Eve, $50 million to a single winner near Tallahassee.
While Gov. Rick Scott has said in the past that he does not want the state's budget to rely on more gambling, he would like lawmakers to increase ticket sales of the Florida Lottery to boost money for schools.
Florida Lotto and Powerball players are hoping they'll have better luck this Wednesday to win lots of cash for their holiday shopping.
Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $116,790.02, and one of those winners is from Pompano Beach, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.
Just in time for the Holidays, the Florida Lotto is approaching the highest payout of the year heading into Saturday;s drawing. The estimated top prize is $39 million, just a million shy of the largest jackpot of the year.
Three winners of the "Fantasy 5" game, including one in South Florida, will collect $73,472.68, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.
Five winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $45,765.17 each, and two of those winners are from South Florida, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.
Florida Lotto and Powerball players are hoping they'll have better luck this Wednesday to win lots of cash.
It's been 25 years since Florida voters first approved a lottery in the Sunshine State. Since that approval, Florida officials say the lottery has contributed $23 billion towards education through the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund.
Better luck next time for South Florida lottery players who shelled out their hard earned cash for a chance to win the $245 million Powerball jackpot.
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