Washington man wins lottery, then leaves ticket at gas station

Comment #9

One-Day — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 21:42:44 GMT

PASCO? LOL. He is lucky somebody saved the ticket for him. Isn't that what happened? I live close to Pasco. Buy food there.

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Saylorgirl — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:10:33 GMT

He said it felt like it took forever to find the ticket ! It may have been about 30 seconds. If I lost a winning ticket every second would feel that way. It doesn't mean anything nefarious was going on. Congratulations to the winner and best wishes on his new restaurant.

Comment #7

Ron5995 — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 02:27:31 GMT

Journalism is lacking these days. The article looks to be mostly a rewrite of the Washington Lottery press release. Compare newspaper articles from 40+ years ago to now. Lots of detail, even for mundane incidents, was common. Today, one or two short paragraphs often passes as a news article. Most news gathering organizations have had their staffs gutted, so it's often a wonder any articles of substance are published.

Also, articles are often full of typos, repeated paragraphs (not always AP s... [ More ]

Comment #6

DELotteryPlyr — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:00:55 GMT

Most reporters should ask ALOT of questions for any story. What's the MISSING questions in this story?

WHAT took the store so LONG? Where did they find it? Was it in the trash? How did they KNOW where to look?

Something doesn't add up here just glad the customer got the ticket back and can do positive things with it- Make his Restaurant GREAT AGAIN!! (LOL

Comment #5

noise-gate — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:59:12 GMT

..That ticket was stashed away by someone on the property, the minute this guy left the store. There is only two places where that ticket could have ended up : The trash can or in that spot they hid it.

Took them forever to find it, my ....

Comment #4

music* — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:53:47 GMT

but why refuse free publicity for the restaurant? After all, $180,000.00 is not millions. Millions attract the wrong types but this amount is safe for the most part.

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Raven62 — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:50:07 GMT

In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson

Comment #2

s5thomps — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:07:42 GMT

I felt like it took to them forever to find the ticket ! The retailer knew snip well where the ticket was. I'm sure they were hoping that the customer would not come back looking for the ticket or may not have known that it was a winner. It could have a been a honest mistake but I doubt it...... The lesson is always sign the back of your ticket and safeguard it. Many people have lost out on money by being careless or not checking their tickets promptly. However I'm glad that it turned out well a... [ More ]

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LiveInGreenBay — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:49:04 GMT

This morning I went to the local CVS store to mail a letter, on the ground below the mailbox I found a Power Ball ticket. It was in good shape so I didn't pay attention to the date. When I got home I checked the date... It was from August 22, 2012. LOL. As it turns out it wasn't a winner anyway. Would have been a bummer to find out it was a winner but has long since expired.

Washington man wins lottery, then leaves ticket at gas station

Lottery Post — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:18:28 GMT

A Pasco, Washington, man is making plans for his new restaurant after winning $180,000 in the Hit 5 lottery game.

But he came close to losing the winning ticket.

He bought his Hit 5 ticket at the Tesoro at 1212 N. Fourth Ave. in Pasco, Washington, for the drawing on Nov. 22.

A few days later he returned to the gas station to check his ticket.

When he heard he had a winning ticket splitting a $360,000 prize with the buyer of a second winning ticket his first thought was to share the g... [ More ]