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UNITED
      STATES
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)
July
      24, 2006
____________________________
RENT-A-CENTER
,
      INC.
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
0-25370
45-0491516
(State
                or other jurisdiction of
(Commission
                File Number)
(IRS
                Employer Identification No.)
incorporation
                or organization)
5700
                Tennyson
                Parkway
Plano,
                Texas
                75024
(Address
                of principal executive offices and zip code)
(972)
                801-1100
(Registrant's
                telephone
number,
                including area code)
N/A
(Former
      name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following
      provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
¨
Written
                communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
                CFR
                230.425).
¨
Soliciting
                material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
                240.14a-12).
¨
Pre-commencement
                communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                240.14d-2(b)).
¨
Pre-commencement
                communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                240.13e-4(c)).
Item
              2.02
Results
                of Operations and Financial
                Condition.
Attached
      hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is the Registrant's press release reflecting earnings
      information for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
The
      press
      release contains information regarding EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes,
      depreciation and amortization), which is a non-GAAP financial measure as defined
      in Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. The press release also contains a
      reconciliation of EBITDA to the Registrant's reported earnings before income
      taxes. Management of the Registrant believes that presentation of EBITDA is
      useful to investors, as among other things, this information impacts certain
      financial covenants under the Registrant's senior credit facilities and the
      indenture governing its 7 1/2 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010. While
      management believes this non-GAAP financial measure is useful in evaluating
      the
      Registrant, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature
      and
      not as a substitute for or superior to the related financial information
      prepared in accordance with GAAP. Further, the non-GAAP financial measure may
      differ from similar measures presented by other companies.
Pursuant
      to General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, all of the information contained in
      this Form 8-K and the accompanying exhibit shall be deemed to be "furnished"
      and
      not "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      as amended, and, therefore, shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing
      under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item
              9.01
Financial
                Statements and Exhibits.
(c)
Exhibits
Exhibit
              99.1
Press
                Release, dated July 24, 2006.
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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:
              July 24, 2006
By:
/s/
              Robert D. Davis
Robert D. Davis
Senior Vice President - Finance,
              Chief
Financial Officer and
              Treasurer
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EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                No.
Description
99.1
Press
                release, dated July 24, 2006
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