https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2008/12/650000-lottery-ticket-pulled-from-trash-can.htm truesee's Blog: $650,000 Lottery Ticket Pulled From Trash Can en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2008/12/650000-lottery-ticket-pulled-from-trash-can.htm#c31550 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2008/12/650000-lottery-ticket-pulled-from-trash-can.htm#c31550 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:01:19 GMT charmed7 How cool is that. Their 2009 is starting out great!

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]]> Litebets27 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2008/12/650000-lottery-ticket-pulled-from-trash-can.htm https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2008/12/650000-lottery-ticket-pulled-from-trash-can.htm Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:07:11 GMT truesee Tue Dec 30, 9:09 pm ET

BERLIN, Vt. A Vermont man is $650,000 richer after retrieving a lottery ticket he had been given for Christmas but accidentally threw away. Steven LeClair of Richford got the ticket for the Dec. 24 Tri-State Megabucks drawing as a gift from his mother. But it was in a gift bag that LeClair threw out, not knowing it was inside.

Vermont Lottery spokeswoman Hadley Melendy says LeClair's wife found out two days later that the only winning ticket had been sold at a market in Richford. So LeClair went through the trash at his home and found it.

LeClair works for a car dealership and doesn't normally play the lottery. He couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday; his telephone number isn't listed.

New Hampshire and Maine also participate in Tri-State Megabucks.

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