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January 9, 2012
$1,297,000 Worth of High Tier Prizes Claimed Last Week
The Lottery Validation's Office had a lot of very happy winners last week. The Lottery paid out more than $1,554,682 in prizes just from their Validations office in Cranston. Of this $1.55 million, 14 Rhode Island Lottery players cashed in tickets winning $10,000 or more for a combined total of $1,297,000 claimed in high tier prizes. Below is a listing of last week's claims, including, prize amounts, game names, and the cities or towns of the winners.
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Prize Amount
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Game
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City/Town of Winner
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$1,000,000
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Million Dollar Raffle
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North Providence, RI
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$20,000
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Instant Games
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Cranston, RI
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$25,000
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Daily Numbers
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Pawtucket, RI
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$12,000
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Keno Plus
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Coventry, RI
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$10,000
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Mega Millions®
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Cumberland, RI
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$10,000
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Mega Millions®
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Warwick, RI
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$50,000
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Instant Games
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Warwick, RI
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$10,000
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PowerBall®
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Providence, RI
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$20,000
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Instant Games
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Warwick, RI
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$10,000
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Mega Millions®
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Providence, RI
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$10,000
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Mega Millions®
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Jamestown, RI
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$10,000
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PowerBall®
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Providence, RI
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$10,000
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PowerBall®
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Warwick, RI
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$100,000
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Instant Games
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Cumberland, RI
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 The Cumberland man who won $100,000 on the World Series of Poker was Frederick Lajoie. His luck has changed a lot in the last week since being in the hospital for heart problems just days earlier. He plans to treat his grandson to a vacation with some of the winnings.
This week is off to another great start with a $10,000 PowerBall® winning ticket sold for Saturday's drawing. The ticket matched four numbers and the PowerBall® number for the standard payout of $10,000. The winner did not purchase the Power Play® feature for an additional dollar on the wager. If the player had opted for Power Play®, the $10,000 prize would have been multiplied by five, Saturday’s Power Play® number, to equal $50,000. Ammouri's Gas & Food Mart on Main Street in Warren sold the winning ticket, which has not yet been claimed.
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