Larry Zych of Sebring is ready to retire – as soon as he wins $105 million in Wednesday's Powerball drawing. With Florida becoming the 30th state to join in the Powerball lottery, Zych and others like him can purchase tickets for a chance at big multimillion jackpots. ...more

January 6, 2009

About 1.5 million Powerball tickets were sold on the first day the multistate lottery was available to players in Florida, state lottery officials said today. ...more

January 5, 2009

Five of the six winning tickets for Saturday's Fantasy 5 drawing were sold at the same store in St. Petersburg: M&S Mart, 6401 Central Ave. The five tickets were sold to the same man, store owner Jason Kuriakose said. ...more

December 16, 2008

If luck, as some say, is a lady, we now know where she shops. Five of the six winning tickets for Saturday's Fantasy 5 drawing were sold at the same store in St. Petersburg: M&S Mart, 6401 Central Ave. ...more

December 16, 2008

Four players, including one from Tampa, matched all five winning numbers in the Saturday Fantasy 5 drawing and will share a $269,944 top prize, the Florida Lottery announced today. ...more

December 7, 2008

Three winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $72,207.88 each, the Florida Lottery said Wednesday. The winning tickets were bought in Avon Park, Miami and Ocala, lottery officials reported. ...more

October 22, 2008

SEBRING The Sebring Police Department is advising the public to be wary of folks who might approach them and say they have won the Florida lottery. On Wednesday, Officer John Garrison met with a fraud victim, who said she met an unidentified Hispanic male and female at Winn-Dixie. The man told her he had won $3 million in the lottery, but could not cash the ticket because he was in the country illegally, according to an offense report. ...more

October 16, 2008

Revenue at Florida's casino and poker tables is growing, but lottery revenue is flat and race and sports wagering are declining, a report released today by the publisher of an annual gaming almanac. ...more

September 23, 2008

One lucky shopper walked out of a Publix supermarket in Valrico with more than groceries. ...more

September 22, 2008

One lucky shopper walked out of a Publix supermarket in Valrico with more than groceries. ...more

September 21, 2008