Lottery Rolls Out New Logo, New Games Coming
Happy Birthday to the Florida Lottery. On Monday, lottery officials unveiled a new logo to mark the agency's 25th anniversary.
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Happy Birthday to the Florida Lottery. On Monday, lottery officials unveiled a new logo to mark the agency's 25th anniversary.
Two tickets will share the record breaking Powerball jackpot of $579 million, but unfortunately neither of those tickets was sold in Florida.
From the Powerball lottery yesterday, to the lottery of life, today.
Last-minute Powerball players flocked to local gas stations and convenience stores Wednesday night just before the 10 p.m. deadline to buy tickets for the record drawing.
Doesn't it make you proud? As a Floridian, Florida Lottery officials say you stand the best chance of anyone in the nation to win Wednesday's record drawing. But don't start counting that money yet.
It's a big day for starry-eyed optimists all over the country -- or just about anybody with $2 for a Powerball lottery ticket. That's because tonight's jackpot is $325 million -- the fourth largest in the game's history.
Powerball players across South Florida and the rest of the country are hoping for a "green" Christmas since nobody won Wednesday night's $250 million jackpot.
The state of Florida has been selling lottery tickets for nearly 25 years and now players can actually pay $25 for a lottery ticket.
Low-income Miami-Dade students entering 9th grade have an opportunity to start school armed with a brand new computer.
There are 320 million reasons why you might want to play the Powerball Lottery Wednesday night. The jackpot has swelled to $320 million dollars, making it the game's 4th largest jackpot ever.
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.
