A nice surprise...
From this
Yahoo/AP story
bq.
Ind. Woman Finds $100,000 Lottery Ticket
Karrie Jeremiah pulled a discarded lottery ticket from a restaurant trash can and hit the jackpot.
bq. Two other people had purchased the $5 Hoosier Lottery scratch-off ticket last week at the Chaperral Cafe. When a clerk at the downtown cafe told them it wasn't the $40 winner they were hoping for, they threw it away, lottery officials said.
bq. It wasn't a $40 winner — it was a $100,000 winner.
And why it was tossed in the first place:
Lottery security director Ellen Corcella said the cafe clerk had not checked for any winning combinations other than for $40.
Ouch!!! I bet at least one person is going to go public...
Posted by DaveH at February 18, 2005 5:26 PM