A Swanton, Vermont, man who read a news report about unclaimed Megabucks winnings discovered he had one of the $10,000 tickets in his wallet, Vermont Lottery officials said Thursday.
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Vermont man finds lottery winner in wallet
Jun 8, 2007, 8:17 am (9 comments)
Inadvertant success, what bliss! The very epitome of found money.
When police returned the wallet, the cash was missing, but the lottery tickets were still there.
Evidently, whoever found Mr. Trahan's wallet don't play the Lottery.
Wow- Whoever took the cash didn't have sense enough to take the tickets and see if they were worth anything...... serves them right for stealing his cash.....
I bet he didn't have $10,000 cash in his wallet...finder's thief probably only took less than $200...loser!!!
Funny, September (last year) ... How much winning tickets, were in the World?
Most petty criminals aren't too bright, which is why so many of them get caught. However, in this case it's possible that the thief realized that the lottery checks ID and asks specific questions, besides taking your social security number for tax reporting, and since the man was out of town when he lost his wallet, the thief would have no idea where the tickets were purchased.
When I was robbed years ago, I was told that the reason my credit cards weren't taken is that someone who steals cash is looking for a quick get-away (maybe for drugs) and won't bother with anything that might trace the cops back to him.
Still, you're probably right! The thief didn't have a clue.
No cash, but a $10,000 lottery ticket. Good for him.
In NH, they print right on lottery tickets where they were purchased.
Glad the guy had a happy ending!
Great story for anyone who plays the lottery or not this was a blessed man and he WAS LUCKY ;
My motto .......... Never- Never give up no matter what ,you can still be a winner ;
My take on this story is the tickets were hidden from the main section of the wallet and the thief never saw them ,got scared and ditched it and took off with the cash then some honest person got the wallet to the police who then returned it to its rightful owner .......Now thats LUCKY and a blessed person I wish him the best in life because sometimes its just ment for some people to recieve the blessings they have comming from GOD and all hell cant stop it ;