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Newport Woman Wins $50,000 In Rhode Island Lottery
Lottery officials said the woman won $50,000 on a "Rhode Island Red" instant ticket she bought at the 7-Eleven on Memorial Boulevard.
NEWPORT, RI — A Newport woman had some luck on her side when she hit big on a scratch ticket, Rhode Island Lottery officials said Tuesday.
Lottery officials said the woman won $50,000 on a "Rhode Island Red" instant ticket she bought at the 7-Eleven on Memorial Boulevard in Newport.
According to lottery officials, the woman always scans the barcodes on her scratch tickets to see if they’re winners before she even scratches them.
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When she scanned her ticket, she saw the message to claim her prize at the Rhode Island Lottery headquarters in Cranston and figured she had won a couple thousand dollars. But after scratching the numbers on her ticket, she realized she had won $50,000.
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