R.I. Gen. Laws
Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-61-1 (2026)

Division of state lottery established

✓ text as last checked Sept. 2026 (this copy records no edition or section history)
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section RI-LEGwebserver.rilegislature.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

There is established a state lottery division within the department of revenue.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1982–2008 · leading case: Hawkins v. Rhode Island Lottery Comm'n, 238 F.3d 112 (1st Cir. 2001).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Hawkins v. Rhode Island Lottery Comm'n, 238 F.3d 112 (1st Cir. 2001). · cites it 2× “See R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-61-1. 6 Although the governor’s rhetoric may have created a political climate antithetic to Hawkins that affected the Commission’s deliberations, the governor neither spoke for the Commission nor controlled its actions.”
Almond v. Rhode Island Lottery Comm'n, 756 A.2d 186 (R.I. 2000). · cites it 6× “) In 1974, soon after the 1973 amendment was ratified, the General Assembly enacted a statute that was codified as G.L. 1956 § 42-61-1. This statute created a commission that was authorized to manage the lottery.”
Rhode Island Affiliate v. Rhode Island Lottery Comm'n, 553 F. Supp. 752 (D.R.I. 1982). · cites it 3× “G.L. § 42-61-1, 42-61-3 (1981). The majority leader of the Rhode Island Senate appoints three of the members, only two of whom may belong to the same political party.”
RI Affiliate Am. Civ. Liberties v. RI LOTTERY, 553 F. Supp. 752 (D.R.I. 1982). · cites it 3× “G.L. § 42-61-1, 42-61-3 (1981). The majority leader of the Rhode Island Senate appoints three of the members, only two of whom may belong to the same political party.”
Scope of Exemption Under Fed. Lottery Statutes for Lotteries Conducted by a State Acting Under the Auth. of State Law (OLC 2008). “§§ 3761-101 to 3761-314 (1995 & West 2008); R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 42-61-1 to 42-61-17 (2006); S.”
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-61-1(a): 1 case
Almond v. Rhode Island Lottery Comm'n, 756 A.2d 186 (R.I. 2000). “) In 1974, soon after the 1973 amendment was ratified, the General Assembly enacted a statute that was codified as G.L. 1956 § 42-61-1. This statute created a commission that was authorized to manage the lottery.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.