August 18, 2008

Winners, Winners, Winners
Big Prizes Claimed for Wild Money, PowerBall®, and Instant Games

The Rhode Island Lottery Validations office was very busy this morning after having at least four big prizes hit over the weekend.

Wild Money
The $158,861 jackpot hit in Saturday night’s Wild Money drawing was claimed first thing this morning by a very happy man from Manville, RI.  The lucky winner bought his ticket from One Stop Liquor at 97 Railroad St., Manville.  He plans on using his winnings to go on a vacation and pay for two cars he recently purchased. 
The Wild Money drawings take place three times a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights, live on WPRI-TV at 7:29pm.   Tuesday night’s estimated jackpot is $20,000. 

Instant Games
Not long after the Wild Money winner walked out the door, a lucky Warwick man came in to claim his $35,000 winnings from the New England Legends Instant Ticket.  He purchased this lucky ticket from Shop N Go on West Shore Road in Warwick.  He’s been thinking about buying a motorcycle and said this money will help him do that now, while the rest of his winnings will go straight into the bank. 

PowerBall®
There were also two $10,000 PowerBall® winners from Saturday night’s $35 million drawing.  One ticket was sold from the Sunrise Market on Washington Street in Central Falls.  That prize has yet to be claimed. 
 
The other $10,000 winning PowerBall ticket was claimed by a Providence woman.  She bought her ticket from East Side Prescription Center on Hope Street in Providence after her father said he had a feeling she should play.  She plans on sharing her winnings.
 
Neither $10,000 winner purchased the PowerPlay® feature for an additional dollar on their wager.  If they had, their $10,000 prize would have been multiplied by five, Saturday’s PowerPlay® number, to equal $50,000. 
 
The estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is $43,000,000.