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Jim RosicaJuly 21, 2016

Somewhere in the Tampa Bay area, there’s a lottery ticket worth $140,000. The Florida Lottery on Thursday said the Fantasy 5 ticket in question “remains unclaimed.” And there’s a 180-day deadline to claim the current top prize of $140,623, according to the Lottery’s press release. It’s midnight on Aug. 4, just two weeks away. The winning ticket was […]

Guest AuthorJuly 31, 2014

We need a state constitutional amendment to ban all wagering in Florida. Oddly, raising taxes is considered a cardinal sin, but gambling is supposedly a blessing — especially since the state began pimping it through the Florida Lottery. Republicans have consistently refused to increase taxes in a bad economy, in a good economy, and in […]

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