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================================================================================


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                 ---------------


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

                                 AUGUST 12, 2002

                                ----------------

                               RENT-A-CENTER, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


DELAWARE                                0-25370                  48-1024367

(State or Other Jurisdiction of       (Commission               (IRS Employer
Incorporation)                        File Number)           Identification No.)


                              5700 TENNYSON PARKWAY
                                   THIRD FLOOR
                               PLANO, TEXAS 75024
               (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)

                                 (972) 801-1100
                             (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE
                          NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

                                    NO CHANGE
          (FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)



================================================================================



<PAGE>

ITEM 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

                  On August 12, 2002, each of the principal executive officer,
                  Mark E. Speese, and the principal financial officer, Robert D.
                  Davis, of Rent-A-Center, Inc. submitted to the Securities and
                  Exchange Commission sworn statements pursuant to Section
                  21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as required by
                  the Securities and Exchange Commission's Order No. 4-460 dated
                  June 27, 2002.

                  A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as an
                  Exhibit.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

         (a)      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF BUSINESSES ACQUIRED.

                  Not applicable.

         (b)      PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

                  Not applicable.

         (c)      EXHIBITS

                  99.1     Statement Under Oath of principal executive officer
                           Mark E. Speese dated August 12, 2002.

                  99.2     Statement Under Oath of principal financial officer
                           Robert D. Davis dated August 12, 2002.



<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       RENT-A-CENTER, INC.





Date: August 12, 2002                  By: /s/ Robert D. Davis
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Robert D. Davis
                                          Senior Vice President-Finance,
                                          Treasurer and Chief Financial
                                          Officer



                                        3
<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


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         EXHIBIT
         NUMBER            DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
         ------            ----------------------
<S>                        <C>
         99.1              Statement Under Oath of principal executive officer
                           Mark E. Speese dated August 12, 2002.

         99.2              Statement Under Oath of principal financial officer
                           Robert D. Davis dated August 12, 2002.
</Table>



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<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

                   STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE
               OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING
                             TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Mark E. Speese, state and attest that:

         (1)      To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
                  covered reports of Rent-A-Center, Inc., and, except as
                  corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

                  o        no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
                           material fact as of the end of the period covered by
                           such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K
                           or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
                           which it was filed); and

                  o        no covered report omitted to state a material fact
                           necessary to make the statements in the covered
                           report, in light of the circumstances under which
                           they were made, not misleading as of the end of the
                           period covered by such report (or in the case of a
                           report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as
                           of the date on which it was filed).

         (2)      I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the
                  Company's audit committee.

         (3)      In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed
                  on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered
                  report":

                  o        Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
                           December 31, 2001 of Rent-A-Center, Inc. filed with
                           the Commission;

                  o        all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and
                           all definitive proxy materials of Rent-A-Center, Inc.
                           filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of
                           the Form 10-K identified above; and

                  o        any amendments to any of the foregoing.



         /s/ Mark E. Speese                 Subscribed and sworn to
         ------------------------------     before me this 12th day of
         Mark E. Speese                     August, 2002.
         Chairman of the Board
         and Chief Executive Officer        /s/ Cheryl Hedric
         August 12, 2002                    ------------------------------------
                                            Notary Public

                                            My Commission Expires:
                                            November 28, 2002
                                            ------------------------------------

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<DESCRIPTION>STATEMENT UNDER OATH-PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2


                   STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
               OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING
                             TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Robert D. Davis, state and attest that:

         (1)      To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
                  covered reports of Rent-A-Center, Inc., and, except as
                  corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

                  o        no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
                           material fact as of the end of the period covered by
                           such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K
                           or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
                           which it was filed); and

                  o        no covered report omitted to state a material fact
                           necessary to make the statements in the covered
                           report, in light of the circumstances under which
                           they were made, not misleading as of the end of the
                           period covered by such report (or in the case of a
                           report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as
                           of the date on which it was filed).

         (2)      I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the
                  Company's audit committee.

         (3)      In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed
                  on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered
                  report":

                  o        Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
                           December 31, 2001 of Rent-A-Center, Inc. filed with
                           the Commission;

                  o        all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and
                           all definitive proxy materials of Rent-A-Center, Inc.
                           filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of
                           the Form 10-K identified above; and

                  o        any amendments to any of the foregoing.



         /s/ Robert D. Davis                          Subscribed and sworn to
         ----------------------------------------     before me this 12th day of
         Robert D. Davis                              August, 2002.
         Senior Vice President-Finance, Treasurer
         and Chief Financial Officer                  /s/ Cheryl Hedric
         August 12, 2002                              --------------------------
                                                      Notary Public

                                                      My Commission Expires:
                                                      November 28, 2002
                                                      --------------------------

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