Vermont man finds lottery winner in wallet

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irondoor827 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:42:24 GMT

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 returne... [ More ]

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BabyJC — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:12:38 GMT

In NH, they print right on lottery tickets where they were purchased.

Glad the guy had a happy ending

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Guru101 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:26:44 GMT

No cash, but a $10,000 lottery ticket. Good for him.

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justxploring — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:14:50 GMT

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... [ More ]

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Yukio — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:40:52 GMT

Funny, September (last year) ... How much winning tickets, were in the World

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OldSchoolPa — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:37:48 GMT

I bet he didn't have $10,000 cash in his wallet...finder's thief probably only took less than $200...loser

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DoubleDown — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:51:07 GMT

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.....

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ochoop17 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:48:18 GMT

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.

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nc6string — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:47:25 GMT

Inadvertant success, what bliss! The very epitome of found money.

Vermont man finds lottery winner in wallet

Lottery Post — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:17:00 GMT

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.

Jon Trahan purchased several tickets in February at the Swanton Short Stop but then lost his wallet containing the tickets during an out-of-state trip, lottery officials said. When police returned the wallet, the cash was missing, but the lottery tickets were still there.

Trahan recently checked his tickets