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Friends Win $300,000 Jackpot. Again

If you're in need of some new friends, how about these two?

Two friends, one from North Providence and the other from Cranston, claimed a $378,129 Wild Money jackpot from the Aug. 22 drawing — the third highest jackpot ever.

The Rhode Island Lottery Commission said in a release the two friends buy 10 Quick Picks every week, taking turns.

"Both mentioned they would pay bills and put the rest in savings," the lottery commission said in a release.

But get this — this isn't the first time the lucky friends won a jackpot. In March of 2011, the same two split a $328,000 jackpot on a Cash Spectacular instant ticket.

Both times, the tickets were bought at Phred's Drug on Oaklawn Avenue.


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