Mary Elliott said she panicked when she realized she had picked all five winning numbers. She had already thrown the ticket away.
DILLWYN, Va. - A Virginia woman had to root around in the trash to find her winning lottery ticket after she threw it away.
Mary Elliott, 67, says she panicked when she realized she had picked all five winning numbers in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 with EZ Match game. She had thrown out her ticket.The barcode on the winning ticket was so stained it couldn’t be scanned, but lottery officials honored the $110,000 winnings.
In fact, the barcode was so stained it couldn’t be scanned, but lottery officials honored the winnings. The ticket was worth $110,000.The retired healthcare worker says she chose the winning numbers based on relatives’ birthdays, including that of her son who died a few years ago,Mary Elliott, a 67-year-old retired healthcare worker, won $110,000 in the Virginia Lottery. Before realizing she won, she threw the ticket away and had to dig it out of the trash.
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