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 Rhode Island Lottery Player Wins
AEROSMITH® Private Rock Star Party in Cleveland
CRANSTON, Rhode Island (July 2, 2010) -- The winner of the second chance
drawing for the Aerosmith® Instant Game has claimed his prize. Bruce
Stoeckel of Lincoln will be leaving out of Providence and heading to Cleveland,
Ohio........Subscribers
Power Ball® Power
Play® 10X Multiplier is BACK!!!
Players Can
Win up to $2,000,000
CRANSTON, Rhode Island (April 27, 2010)
-- The Rhode Island Lottery will once again be running the
PowerBall® Power Play®
10X promotion. During the month of May, Rhode Island Lottery players will
have the chance to win 10 times the standard payouts on any non-jackpot
PowerBall® prizes, up to $2 million.................Subscribers
Rhode Island Lottery
Winner Heads to Vegas for the World Series of Poker®
Tournament
CRANSTON, Rhode Island (April 21, 2010)
The winner of the second chance drawing for the World Series of
Poker® Instant Game has claimed his prize.....................Subscribers
Multistate Lotteries
Begin Cross-Selling Tickets
SEEKONK, Massachusetts
(February 23, 2010) -- Rhode Island and
Massachusetts, along with
other former competitors across the country, are in the lottery business
together, local news reported on the current state of affairs with the
commencement of Cross Selling...................Subscribers
Aerosmith Offers
Lotteries a License to Rock
RHODE ISLAND (November 8, 2009)
-- The New Hampshire Lottery
and the Rhode Island Lottery are now offering the ultimate gaming experience
for music fans. All players have to do is Walk This Way to their local lottery
retailer and pick up the hottest new instant game on the market -
Aerosmith.....................Subscribers
Aerosmith® Second
Chance Drawing Winners
Each Claim $5,500 in
Cash
CRANSTON, Rhode Island (October 28, 2009) The
winners of the first second chance drawing for the Aerosmith® Instant Game
have claimed their prizes. The winners, Barbara DePasquale, Warwick, and
Karen Iasimone, West Warwick, had the option of taking $5,500 in cash or a trip
to Cleveland, Ohio, to party with Aerosmith® band members at the Rock
‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame......................Subscribers
Rhode Island Lottery
Receives Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial
Reporting
CRANSTON, Rhode Island (October 8,
2009) The Rhode Island Lottery, the state’s third largest
source of revenue, was recognized by an independent auditing association for
maintaining its high standards in accounting and financial
reporting....................Subscribers
Rhode Island Lottery
Receives Highest Governmental Recognition
CRANSTON, Rhode
Island (October 8, 2009) -- The Rhode Island Lottery, the state’s third
largest source of revenue, was recognized by an independent auditing
association for maintaining its high standards in accounting and financial
reporting.......................Subscribers
Million Dollar Raffle is
Back
CRANSTON, Rhode Island (October 7, 2009) The Rhode
Island Lottery’s Million Dollar Raffle Game is back for its second
year. The $20 tickets went on sale, Sunday, October 4. With only 120,000
tickets available for sale again this year, the odds of winning $1 million are
still the best in New England..................Subscribers
Rhode Island Lottery and
the Patriots Introduce New England Patriots Ticket
$5
instant ticket on sale now at Rhode Island Lottery Retailers
Patriots President Jonathan Kraft joins Lottery for announcement
CRANSTON, Rhode Island (September 25, 2009) - The Rhode Island Lottery
and NewEngland Patriots are teaming up to offer the first Rhode Island Lottery
instant ticket branded by a professional sports team....................Subscribers
Rhode Island Uses
Aerosmith To Sell Lottery Tickets
RHODE ISLAND, USA (August
27, 2009) - A news site reported today that given the various medical issues
and accidents that have affected the members of Aerosmith this year, forcing
the cancellation of their remaining tour dates, they may not be the "lucky
charm"
you want when buying a lottery ticket.....................Subscribers
R.I. Reports Decline in
Lottery Revenue
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (June 17, 2009) --
Revenue that Rhode Island collects from taxes, fees, lottery games and other
sources fell by 14 percent over the last 11 months — a further sign of the
state’s weakened economy amid a global recession.....................Subscribers
Extraordinarily High
Daily Numbers Payout
RHODE ISLAND, USA (May 4, 2009) -
Saturday night’s Daily Numbers drawing paid out a remarkable
432%. The Rhode Island Lottery awarded $330,599 worth of
prizes.....................Subscribers
State Lottery Tests
Integrity of Retailers
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (May 4,
2009) -- The NBC 10 I-Team has learned that a lottery scam used in other parts
of the country is hitting Rhode Island......................Subscribers
Extraordinarily High Daily Numbers
Payout
CRANSTON, Rhode Island (April 7, 2009) -- Last
night’s Daily Numbers drawing paid out a remarkable 181%. The Rhode
Island Lottery awarded $114,796 worth of prizes, while taking in $63,229 in net
sales...............Subscribers
Million Dollar Raffle Game a Big Success in Rhode
Island
CRANSTON, Rhode Island (January 6, 2009) -- The
$1,000,000 top prize winner for the Rhode Island Lottery’s first ever
Million Dollar Raffle Game was claimed first thing Friday morning
by..................Subscribers
Smartplay RNG’s Draw Millions in the New Year, Rentals on
the Rise
EDGEWATER PARK, New Jersey (November 21, 2008) --
Rhode Island’s Lottery has joined the growing list of states renting
equipment from Smartplay International
for special events. Smartplay’s digital drawing platform, known as
the Origin System, will draw Rhode Island’s first New
Year’s Eve Million Dollar Raffle drawing on December 31,
2008...............Subscribers
Rhode
Island Lottery Sales Fall Below Estimates
PROVIDENCE, Rhode
Island (October 29, 2008) – According to a local media report the state's
gambling receipts will fall $11.1 million behind estimates for the
year.............Subscribers
Rhode
Island Department of Revenue Comments on UMASS Dartmouth Report on VLT
Payouts
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (October 27, 2008) -- The
Department of Revenue today called a report of slot machine payouts by Clyde
Barrows, a professor at UMASS Dartmouth, completely
inaccurate...............Subscribers
Rhode
Island Lottery Set To Unveil New Game
RHODE ISLAND, USA
(October 5, 2008) -- The Rhode Island Lottery has been reported as saying it
will announce a new game tomorrow called Million Dollar Raffle, in which
120,000 tickets, each costing $20, will be sold..............Subscribers
Economic Angst and Uncertainty Hasn’t Hurt Instant Ticket
Sales
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (September 25, 2008) --
Economic angst and uncertainty hasn’t hurt instant ticket sales, which
have jumped 6.8 percent in the months since the new state budget year began on
July 1..................Subscribers
Lottery Pays Big On Daily Numbers
CRANSTON,
Rhode Island (September 10, 2008) – The Rhode Island Lottery awarded
$195,965 worth of prizes from last night’s drawing, a payout of 288 per
cent. The Lottery took in.................Subscribers
Rhode
Island Lottery Receives Highest Governmental
Recognition
RHODE ISLAND (July 17, 2008) -- The Rhode Island
Lottery, the state’s third largest source of revenue, was recognized by an
independent auditing association for maintaining its high standards in
accounting and financial reporting...................Subscribers
PowerBall Group Play
Made Easy
CRANSTON, Rhode Island (April 15, 2008) -- The
Rhode Island Lottery is launching an exciting new program to help
PowerBall® players better facilitate their
group play................Subscribers
Investors Pitch Proposal
to Lease State Lottery
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, USA
(January 5, 2008) -- Wall Street bankers are trying to persuade Rhode Island
officials to lease the state lottery,.................Subscribers
You Win and the Arts
Win
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, USA (October 3, 2007) –
The Rhode Island Lottery launched the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
(RISCA) Instant Game on Monday (October 1, 2007). During the first three
months of sales...............Subscribers
Big Daily Numbers
Payout
RHODE ISLAND, USA (August 21, 2007) -- Last
night’s Daily Number drawing paid out a remarkable 289.63%. The
Rhode Island Lottery awarded $197,949 worth of prizes, while taking in
..........Subscribers
Keno Proposal Put On
Hold
RHODE ISLAND, USA (August 21, 2007) -- The Rhode
Island Lottery has submitted a proposal to install keno machines in shops or
restaurants at T.F. Green Airport.............Subscribers
Lottery Proposes Keno
At Airport
RHODE ISLAND, USA (July 16, 2007) –
According to local media reports the Rhode Island Lottery has proposed
installing Keno machines in.........Subscribers
Rhode Island Lottery
Awards Instant Ticket Printing Contract
CRANSTON, Rhode
Island (June 12, 2007) -- The Rhode Island Lottery issued a Request for
Proposal on January 29, 2007, for the printing of its Instant
Tickets.............Subscribers
Senate Panel Supports
Reinstating Lottery Director
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, USA
(April 24, 2007) -- A key Senate committee yesterday reportedly recommended the
reinstatement of Gerald S. Aubin as
director of the Rhode Island Lottery........Subscribers
Governor Moves to
Reinstate Former Lottery Director
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island,
USA (March 30, 2007) – According to a local media report Governor Carcieri
is moving to reinstate Gerald S. Aubin
as director of the State Lottery..........Subscribers
Lottery
‘Training’ Machine Prints Invalid Tickets
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, USA (January 14, 2007) -- A lottery machine
mix-up on Thursday resulted in roughly seventy (70) invalid tickets being
printed at a Cranston convenience store.........Subscribers
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