RICHMOND, R.I. (WPRI) — A Warwick man won a $500,000 lottery prize playing the Ocean State Riches Instant Game.
In a press release Monday, the Rhode Island State Lottery revealed that the man bought the winning ticket at the Stop & Shop on Stilson Road in Richmond.
The lottery said the man visited the same store the day before to play Ocean State Riches, but walked away empty-handed. He was shocked when he won the next day.
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“Initially, he thought he had won $50,000 at most,” the lottery said in the release. “He couldn’t believe it when the ticket revealed a $500,000 prize.”…