Article: Man suing lottery also sued R.I. lottery for reinstatement

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Man suing lottery also sued R.I. lottery for reinstatement

The manager of the startup firm that is suing the Massachusetts State Lottery over its failure to implement the firm's TV bingo game also tried to launch a TV bingo game in Rhode Island in the 1990s.

A lawyer for John Hawkins, manager of Bingo Innovative Software LLC, confirmed that he is the same John Hawkins who was the Rhode Island lottery director in the 1990s. Hawkins was dismissed from the job in 1996, and The Providence Journal reported that the failure to launch the TV bingo game there was one reason. Hawkins unsuccessfully sued the Lottery commission to be reinstated.

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