RHODE ISLAND BINGO LOTTERY GAME THAT NEVER WAS! ULTRA RARE IF NOT UNIQUE Start Price USD 499.00 Current Price USD 499.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 599.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, September 01, 2008 End Time Thursday, September 11, 2008 Location CRANSTON, RI See more about 'RHODE ISLAND BINGO LOTTERY GAME THAT NEVER WAS!' Description OUTSTANDING COLLECTABLE, 13 YEARS OLD AND ULTRA RARE IF NOT UNIQUE.  HERE IS THE STORY.  IN 1996, THE RHODE ISLAND LOTTERY COMMISSIONER DECIDED ON HIS OWN TO START A DAILY INTERACTIVE LOTTERY GAME THAT WOULD BE AIRED LIVE OVER TELEVISION, THE GAME OF CHOICE WAS BINGO.  EACH DAILY GAME WOULD HAVE 6 SEPERATE GAMES (GROUPS OF 6 SOLD AT $5), PRIZES OF DIFFERENT AMOUNTS WERE WON DEPENDING UPON DIFFICULTY OF THE BINGO MATCH.  WELL, BEING NEW ENGLAND LAND OF ULTRA CONSERVATIVE POLITICIANS AND CITIZENS, THIS WAS OUTRAGEOUS!  EVEN SO, THE LOTTERY COMMISSIONER FELT HE HAD FULL POWER OF DECIDING WHAT THE LOTTERY COULD AND WOULD DO AND STARTING SELLING GAME TICKETS A FEW DAYS AHEAD OF THE FIRST TELEVISED DATE!  WELL, THE STATE GOVENOR, LEGISLATORS AND THE COURTS IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO TAKE REMIDIAL ACTIONS RESULTING IN THE GAME BEING CANCELLED BEFORE THE FIRST ACTUAL GAME WAS AIRED ON TV.  NEWS AND PRESS COVERAGE WAS HOT AND HEAVY AND RIDICULED THE COMMISSIONER WITH WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN OBVIOUS FALURE.  TICKET SALES WERE SLOW AND LASTED ONLY 2-3  DAYS,  THE INEVITABLE RULING BECAME OFFICIAL,  ANY TICKETS SOLD PRIOR TO THE GAME BEING DECLARED ILLEGLE, THEY ALSO  WERE RULED NO LONGER VALID AND ANY PEOPLE THAT PURCHASED GAMES WOULD BE ALLOWED TO RETURN THEM TO ANY LOTTERY AGENT FOR A FULL REFUND.  WELL, NOT THE BRIGHTEST IDEA BY THE LOTTERY COMMISSIONER,  IMMEDIATELY HEARINGS WERE HELD, THE LOTTERY COMMISSIONER WAS FIRED AND STRICTER RULES AND RULES OF CONDUCT WERE PUT IN PLACE AND THAT BRINGS US TO HERE!  SELLING THE GAME WITH A HIGH OPENING BID, I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT OFFERED FOR SALE ANYWHERE AND MAY TRUELY BE A UNIQUE COLLECTABLE!  PLEASE CORRESPOND ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY HAVE (INCLUDING ANY BEST OFFERS YOU MAY HAVE) WITH ME AND I WILL POST RELAVENT QUESTIONS WITH THIS ITEM AND IF IT DOES SELL, NOT ONLY WILL YOU BE HELPING MY FAMILY, I WILL DONATE A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS WITH THE U.S.O. AND YOU WILL ALSO BE HELPING OUR TROUPS.  PAY PAL ONLY PLEASE AND THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, IF FOR NOTHING ELSE, I HOPE THE STORY WAS INTERESTING! Place a Bid!