Rhode Island Lottery, the state's iGaming regulator

What the Lottery oversees

By the Lottery's account, a constitutional amendment passed in November 1973 created it, and tickets for its first game, called The Lot, went on sale on May 21, 1974. Its FAQ says that more than 100 employees oversee all Lottery operations and other gaming in the state, which it lists as video lottery, table games, iGaming and sports betting. Revenue, after prizes, commissions and costs, goes to the state's General Fund.

The structure is unusual: the pages we read show the Lottery, not a separate licensing board, at the center of the casino business. Two casinos are involved: Bally's Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort and Bally's Tiverton Casino & Resort. The Lottery's FAQ says casino games, including iGaming, are offered at those two properties and on their websites and mobile apps.

A short history from the Lottery's own timeline

The timeline on rilot.com records sports betting beginning at the Lincoln casino on November 26, 2018, and at Tiverton on December 3, 2018, with mobile sports betting following in 2019. Its entry for 2024 says iGaming launched, allowing customers to play slots and live table games online. The Lottery's iGaming revenue report for fiscal year 2024 shows figures starting in March 2024, which fits that launch.

The legal basis

Industry trackers date the enabling law to Senate Bill 948, enacted in June 2023. We could not read that text: the Rhode Island legislature's website did not answer our client on November 11, 2026, so we state the bill number as reported and do not quote the law. The one rule the Lottery itself states is its FAQ's line that adults 18 and older may play all Lottery offerings except iGaming, which requires players to be 21 or older.

What the Lottery publishes

• A financial reports page with PDF reports for each product: traditional lottery sales, video lottery terminals and table games by facility and month, sports betting, and iGaming. Annual comprehensive financial reports sit on the same page.
• An iGaming revenue report for each fiscal year, split into slots and tables. For fiscal year 2026, the Lottery's report shows combined wagers of $1,666,536,612, prizes of $1,598,592,523 and net gaming revenue of $67,944,089, which it marks as unaudited and unadjusted and before commissions and expenses.
• An FAQ page that covers eligibility, scams and responsible play.

The Lottery does not publish an operator list. Its pages name the two Bally's casinos, and nothing in what we read describes a permit register.

How to verify an online casino

1. Go to rilot.com, the one official address the Lottery's scam notice gives for itself.
2. Read the FAQ section titled General, which names the two casinos offering iGaming.
3. Match the casino site to Bally's Twin River Lincoln or Bally's Tiverton, using the links on the Lottery's video lottery and table games page.
4. A site that shows neither name there is not described by the Lottery as an iGaming provider.

Problem gambling and complaints

The Lottery lists a 24/7 confidential Problem Gambling Helpline at 877-9GAMBLE (877-942-6253). For scams, its FAQ tells people to contact the Rhode Island Attorney General at 401-274-4400 or use the office's consumer complaint form. We found no Lottery page dedicated to complaints about iGaming play.

Sweepstakes casinos

The Lottery's pages do not mention sweepstakes casinos as a category, though its scam notice warns against foreign lottery and sweepstakes scams that ask for upfront fees. Rhode Island's position on sweepstakes casinos is described with the other states on the banned states page.

What we read

Our client read the Lottery's pages and two PDF iGaming revenue reports on November 11, 2026. The site has no robots.txt file, and its pages answered. The legislature's site did not answer, so statute text is not quoted.