Mary Elliot of Buckingham County, Virginia, panicked after realizing she had won a state lottery game on February 24 but had already tossed the ticket in the trash. Mary Elliot's ticket was covered in coffee stains and wouldn't scan. she said in a Virginia Lottery statement on Tuesday. She immediately began fishing though her garbage in search of the Cash 5 EZ Match game, which she found riddled in coffee stains. In fact, the ticket was in such bad condition, the barcode wouldn't scan to confirm her win.

Source: CNN April 04, 2022 01:35 UTC