Professional sports, except ice polo and hockey, must obtain a license to play games on Sunday.

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TITLE 41 Sports, Racing, and Athletics CHAPTER 41-6 Athletic Games on Sunday SECTION 41-6-3 § 41-6-3 Professional games permissible by license. Professional athletic games, except ice polo and hockey, may be played and held in any city or town on the first day of the week under a license therefor issued by the licensing authorities…

Rhode Island recently applied to the US Government to make all the coastal waters of Rhode Island a “No Discharge Zone”.

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The ostensible purpose was to prohibit the discharge of sewage by boats into the state’s waters. However, discharge of raw sewage into the state waters was already illegal. What the “No Discharge Zone” actually did was make it illegal to discharge TREATED sewage from a boat into state waters. What now happens is that boats…

Exercising any labor, business, or work, or using any game, sport, play, or recreation, or causing any of the above to be done to or by your children, servants, or apprentices on the first day of the week (Sunday) results in a penalty of $5 for the first offense and $10 for the second.

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TITLE 11 Criminal Offenses CHAPTER 11-40 Sunday Laws SECTION 11-40-1 § 11-40-1 Work or recreation on Sunday prohibited. Except as provided in § 5-22-6 § 5-22-11, inclusive, every person who shall do or exercise any labor or business or work of his or her ordinary calling, or use any game, sport, play, or recreation on…

Riding a horse over any public highway for the purpose of racing, or testing the speed of the horse is illegal. Penalty: Maximum $20 fine and imprisonment for 10 days.

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TITLE 11 Criminal Offenses CHAPTER 11-22 Highways SECTION 11-22-11 § 11-22-11 Testing speed of horse. Every person who shall drive any horse over any of the public highways, for the purpose of racing or trying the speed of the horse, shall be fined not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) or imprisoned not exceeding ten (10)…