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Coventry Man Buys $35,000 Lottery Ticket

He said he hasn't started his Christmas shopping yet.

A Coventry man who asked that we not reveal his identity has won $35,000 from the Rhode Island Lottery.

The Rhode Island Lottery Commission said that the man bought the winning “Winter Windfall” scratch-off ticket from Murphy’s Mobil on Flat River Road in Coventry.

The man said he hasn’t started his Christmas shopping yet and planned to spend some to put a down payment on a new car. The rest will go in the bank.

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