Powerball comes to Florida Jan. 1
The Florida Lottery announced Thursday that it will join the Multi-State Lottery Association and add POWERBALL. It starts January 2009 and makes Florida the 30th state to join the multi-state lottery game (also there's the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands). The authority to join a multi-state game is covered in the Florida Public Education Lottery Act, according to a news release. Powerball drawings are held twice weekly and broadcast to nationwide live at 10:59 p.m., Eastern Time, currently from West Des Moines, Iowa. Will you play? Will it affect your gambling dollars? Read the rest of the press release below: