This summary provides the key details from the document in 3 sentences: The document discusses the current $1.4 billion Powerball jackpot, the largest in history. It provides statistics on Powerball odds and past winners, including a 84-year-old Florida woman who won $590 million in 2013. Over 200 Floridians have become millionaires from Powerball, and the document encourages readers to buy tickets for their chance to be the next big winner ahead of the upcoming Wednesday drawing.

1. BY KATIE METTLER | Times Staff Writer
The last time Tampa Bay got caught up in Powerball fever was two years ago when 84-year-old Zephyrhills
grandmother Gloria MacKenzie won the $590 million jackpot, the largest Powerball sum in history at the
time. She bought her quick-pick ticket at a Publix after someone let her cut in line. Now she lives in a man-
sion in Jacksonville. Since MacKenzie won, no Powerball jackpot has grown beyond her record winnings.
Until now. As the current Powerball jackpot swells before Wednesday’s drawing — it climbed to an estimated
$1.4 billion by Monday — check out these fun facts while waiting in line to buy more tickets:
1in25.4M
Odds of dying from a bee or
wasp sting, also according to
the Economist.
1in74.8M
Rough odds of being killed by an
asteroid in any given year, accord-
ing to the Economist magazine.
1in292.2M
A Powerball ticket holder’s chance
of winning the jackpot.
10
Number of Powerball jackpot
tickets sold in Florida since 2009.
70
Percentage of lottery winners who
blow their loot within five years.
42,000
Number of tickets sold per minute
during peak purchasing time —
6 to 7 p.m. — this past Saturday.
60
Number of days a winner has to
take the cash lump-sum option.
100
Percentage of Florida Powerball
jackpot winners who have taken
the cash lump sum.
180
Number of days a winner has to
claim their dough before ticket
sales are reappropriated.
2 0 7
Floridians have become millionaires
from Powerball. Will you be next?
Information from Times archives and the Florida Lottery was used in this report.
Tampa Bay records for tourism keep falling. Business, 4B
tampabay.com * * Tuesday, January 12, 2016 | 1B
BY ADAM C. SMITH
Times Political Editor
SARASOTA — Marco Rubio on
Monday promised that as pres-
ident he would call a constitu-
tional convention of all the states
in order to pass a balanced bud-
getamendmentandimposeterm
limits on members of Congress.
“It will be limited,” Rubio
assured about 400 people gath-
ered inside a boat manufactur-
ing warehouse in Sarasota.“They
won’t be able to touch the First
Amendment, they won’t be able
totouchtheSecondAmendment.
They won’t be able to touch our
important constitutional rights.
But here’s what we must do — we
must pass amendments limiting
the size and scope of the federal
government.”
The proposal, which Rubio
only recently started touting,
drew applause from the crowd in
Sarasota,along with his standard
stump speech about preserving
the American Dream from dam-
age by President Barack Obama
and big-spending Republicans in
Washington.
The idea of holding the first
constitutional convention since
1787 has bubbled up in recent
years among some tea party and
conservative groups, and last
week Texas Gov. Greg Abbott,
called for one. But Rubio is the
only leading presidential candi-
date advocating for such a gath-
ering, which some critics fear
could open the door to more
sweeping changes to the Consti-
tution.
Associated Press
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio urges supporters Monday in Sarasota
to press their state representatives to convene a convention.
Rubio for constitutional convention
He calls for amendments limiting “the size and scope” of government.
. See RUBIO, 7B
BY TONY MARRERO
Times Staff Writer
TAMPA — The University of
South Florida will not readmit
a U.S. Army veteran who was
expelled from the school in 2014
after his arrest for threatening
a gas station clerk and firing a
handgun into
the air.
Clay Allred,
a former Green
Beret whose
case made
headlines
when Hillsbor-
ough Circuit
Judge Gregory
Holder began
a high-profile
push for his
readmission,
received a letter Friday from the
university rejecting his applica-
tion on several grounds.
USF’s policy says expulsion is
permanent,accordingtotheletter
to Allred from Maria Zale, chair
of the Admissions Prior Conduct
Review Team in the Office of Stu-
dent Rights and Responsibilities.
The office reviews applications
from students with prior disci-
plinaryissues.
“Once a student is expelled,
they cannot be considered for
readmission to the USF System
and therefore, your application
could not be recommended to the
OfficeofAdmissions,”Zalewrote.
But even without that road-
block, other circumstances of
Allred’s case would have stood in
the way, Zale wrote.
The letter notes that Allred, 30,
is still on felony probation after
pleading guilty to aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon,
discharging a firearm and crim-
inal mischief.
“The combination of the sever-
ity of the incident and the cur-
rent felony probation would also
result in the Review Team not
recommending the application
to move forward,” Zale wrote.
Allred, who needs 17 credits to
USF:Vet
won’t
be back
in class
Saying expulsions are
permanent, the school
rejects his plea, noting
his felony probation.
. See USF, 6B
Clay Allred,
expelled in
2014, pleaded
guilty to
assault.
BY DAN SULLIVAN
Times Staff Writer
TAMPA — A would-be robber
was shot in the head Monday
afternoon, according to Tampa
police, after he threatened a con-
veniencestoreclerkwithaknife.
It happened about 3:30 p.m.
at the Hope Food Store, which
was the scene of another shoot-
ing less than a year ago.
In Monday’s incident,
Anthone Bryant, 22, walked into
the store, approached the clerk,
Mutasem Abusafyeh, 38, and
showed what police described
as “a large knife.”
“Hesaidsomethingindicating
he was going to rob the store,”
Tampa police spokesman Steve
Hegarty said.
Abusafyeh then picked up a
handgun and shot Bryant in the
head, police said. Bryant was
taken to Tampa General Hospi-
tal with what police described as
life-threatening injuries.
The clerk was shaken up,
police said, but was not injured.
Investigators were trying to
determine whether Monday’s
shooting was a case of self-
defense.
One other person was in the
store during the shooting, police
said. Detectives questioned that
person and the clerk separately.
Both gave similar accounts of
what happened.
Clerk shoots would-be robber, police say
Tampa authorities say the store worker was threatened by the man, who had a large knife.
. See SHOOTING, 3B
Scott pushes $1B tax cutsThe governor uses speeches, a bus tour and ads to tout his plan to help businesses.
BY JEREMY WALLACE
Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick
Scott is employing a fullcourt
press to win support for a tax cut
plan that is starting out on shaky
ground with the Florida Legisla-
ture.
OnMonday,thesamedayScott
started statewide television com-
mercials touting his $1 billion tax
cut plan, the Republican gover-
nor spent nearly 20 minutes at a
legislative committee asking for
support. Governors rarely make
personalappearancesatcommit-
tee hearings, traditionally leav-
ing that duty to staff members.
And Scott isn’t stopping there.
Today, he plans to raise the topic
again during his annual State
of the State Address, before hit-
ting the road for a nine-city cam-
paignlike bus tour to push the
proposal.
“It’s important to me,” Scott
said in explaining his aggressive,
personal attention to the issue
this week.
While key lawmakers in the
Republican-dominated Legisla-
ture have said they support more
tax cuts, they’ve questioned
whether Scott’s proposal is too
much and whether it misses out
on helping average Floridians.
The heart of Scott’s tax plan is
aimed at businesses. He wants to
eliminate all corporate income
taxes charged to manufactur-
ers and retail companies, perma-
nently cut sales taxes on manu-
facturing equipment and gradu-
ally reduce the state’s sales taxes
charged on commercial rents.
Scott told the Senate Finance
and Tax Committee on Monday
that those cuts will help draw
more companies to move to Flor-
. See SCOTT, 8B
JOHN ROMANO
jromano@tampabay.com
Marlins
provide
lesson for
stadium
F
irst, a history lesson:
It was May of 1993
when the subject of
a new baseball stadium in
South Florida was initially
broached by the owner of the
Marlins. It would take nearly
15 years and the team would
be sold twice before financing
and a site for a new stadium
were secured.
Next, an observation:
The eventual location — on
the grounds of the old Orange
Bowl — seemed like a consola-
tion prize after plans to build
on the waterfront, in down-
town Miami and adjacent to
the team’s original site all fell
through. Subsequently, atten-
dance at the new stadium has
been underwhelming.
Finally, a moral:
Don’t do what the Marlins
did. Don’t build out of frustra-
tion and desperation. Don’t
waste hundreds of millions of
taxpayers’ dollars. Don’t settle.
This is relevant today
because it appears the St.
Petersburg City Council is pre-
pared to approve a memo of
understanding that will allow
the Tampa Bay Rays to begin
exploring potential stadium
sites around Pinellas and Hill-
sborough counties.
LiketheMarlinsbefore
them,theRayshavelongstrug-
gledwithattendanceandhave
beendiscussinganewstadium
foryears.Believeitornot,more
thaneightyearsalready.
So among the most impor-
tant lessons to be gleaned
from the Marlins saga is that
an expensive stadium doesn’t
necessarily guarantee a suc-
cessful stadium.
Not if it’s built in the wrong
location.
And if our first 18 years of
Rays baseball have taught us
anything, it is that Tampa Bay
is far from ideal as a Major
League market. That’s not a
criticism, just an observation.
Our population is too spread
out, our corporate footprint is
too small and our wages are
too low to support a big league
team in the same manner as a
lot of other markets.
That means the stadium sit-
uation has to be nearly per-
fect to make up for the other
shortcomings.
Which brings us to the next
phase of the stadium quest:
What’s the perfect site?
There are two ways to
answer that. You could talk
about the perfect site theoreti-
cally, or realistically.
If it’s a theoretical argu-
ment, the best sites are down-
town Tampa or the West
Shore area of Tampa. That’s
where you’ll find the greatest
concentration of office work-
ers, and those are the people
you need to boost attendance
Monday through Friday.
But, realistically, the argu-
ment isn’t so simple.
Neither location has an
obvious plot of land. The
Tampa Park Apartments site
could potentially link Ybor
City to downtown, but it’s not
a comfortable walk in either
direction. Building on the cur-
rent site of Jefferson High is
a possibility near West Shore,
but that concept hasn’t gone
over well in Tampa.
Building near the Fair-
grounds or the old dog track
in Tampa would be too much
of a stretch. Derby Lane, Toy-
town and Carillon have been
mentioned in Pinellas, but
all have drawbacks. The cur-
rent Tropicana Field site has
appeal because of its size and
potential funding sources,
but it’s hard to overlook two
decades of lukewarm support.
So, in other words, the best
solution is hopefully one we
have not yet heard.
This is why it’s important
for the Rays to explore every
solution on both sides of the
bay. There’s too much riding
on this decision to settle on
some compromise location.
There’s too much at stake to
make a mistake.
History has already taught
us that.