Powerball's largest jackpot this year — $700 million — up for grabs
The jackpot has increased steadily since the last grand prize winner was announced on Aug. 3.
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The jackpot has increased steadily since the last grand prize winner was announced on Aug. 3.
A lucky lottery player in Florida won a share of a huge $502 million jackpot that was up for grabs during the Friday night Mega Millions jackpot
Someone in a Chicago suburb beat the odds and won the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
It would be the fifth biggest prize in Mega Millions history.
One ticket defied the 1 in 292.2 million odds and hit the coveted $699.8 million Powerball jackpot in California.
Thousands of students like Pam Payano have benefited from the chance to attend college tuition free through the Florida Lottery Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
Lawmakers seeking to slap gambling-addiction warnings on state lottery tickets and advertising once again failed to scratch out a winner.
Booze and beer don't carry similar cautions, but some Republican lawmakers want people playing the state lottery to be warned that the games may be addictive.
Warnings about the addictive nature of gambling would be slapped on all Florida lottery tickets, under a bill approved Thursday by the House Commerce Committee.
Florida Lottery officials say they don't anticipate problems as a multimillion-dollar upgrade of a vending system goes into place this month.
No need to be sad about not hitting Saturday's Powerball jackpot.
Jumpin' jackpots! The grand prize for Wednesday's Powerball drawing is an estimated $550 million, the 8th largest in history.
Don't look now but the Powerball jackpot is going up again.
Are you feeling lucky? The Powerball jackpot continues to climb after no one won Wednesday's $448 million drawing.
The Powerball jackpot continues to climb after no one won the $414 million drawing last Saturday night.
Saturday's Powerball jackpot – expected to be $414 million – is the largest since Oct. 27, 2018.
If you had dreams of how you would spend the money if you won Tuesday night's Mega Millions jackpot, keep dreaming.
As we head into a new year, some people are dreaming big. Really big, like $425 million big.
Here we go again. The Powerball jackpot is rolling over after no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $620 million jackpot.
Just one day later, people jumped at a second chance to play Powerball, hoping to win the more than $470 million jackpot.
The jackpot for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing is now at $970 million.
The Mega Millions jackpot is now a monster-sized $900 million.
He doesn't even normally play the lottery but when he did, a New Jersey man netted the $533 million Mega Millions jackpot.
Anyone feeling lucky on Good Friday?
You know what they say 'some people have all the luck'. Well, this guy is definitely one of those 'people'.
Miami-Dade County plans to ask commissioners to consider a plan that would allow the county to clean more Sargassum hot spots without seeking new approvals.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
Sopharmony Muon went home from the hospital over the weekend.
The city said the area was immediately secured.
The Broward Sheriff's Office said Mauro Lopez, 27, stayed at the scene and was detained.
Miami-Dade County plans to ask commissioners to consider a plan that would allow the county to clean more Sargassum hot spots without seeking new approvals.
For this year, lawmakers moved the discount dates to July 20 through Aug. 20.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
Sopharmony Muon went home from the hospital over the weekend.
The city said the area was immediately secured.
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.
HSI is an arm of ICE, meaning the immigration enforcement agency would effectively be investigating incidents involving its own agents.
This is the first time in more than 150 years that a vice president's family had a child while in office.
Sen. Mark Warner said he'll vote against Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, citing disappointment in his testimony at a confirmation hearing last week despite his previous optimism about the nominee.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Perhaps the most controversial cut DeSantis made was the $15 million that would have gone to fund security efforts at Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
A new Florida law requires drug prescribers to complete sickle cell training, aiming to improve care and address stigma faced by patients.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
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.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.