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.
Prize Amount // Game // City/Town of Winner
-$1,000,000 // Million Dollar Raffle // North Providence, RI
-$20,000 // Instant Games // Cranston, RI
-$25,000 // Daily Numbers // Pawtucket, RI
-$12,000 // Keno Plus // Coventry, RI
-$10,000 // Mega Millions // Cumberland, RI
-$10,000 // Mega Millions // Warwick, RI
-$50,000 // Instant Games // Warwick, RI
-$10,000 // PowerBall // Providence, RI
-$20,000 // Instant Games // Warwick, RI
-$10,000 // Mega Millions // Providence, RI
-$10,000 // Mega Millions // Jamestown, RI
-$10,000 // PowerBall // Providence, RI
-$10,000 // PowerBall // Warwick, RI
-$100,000 // Instant Games // Cumberland, RI
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.
