Ill. couple who resuce ticket from trash claim $10.5 million prize https://www.lotterypost.com/news/77000 Lottery Post News Story: Ill. couple who resuce ticket from trash claim $10.5 million prize en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator Ill. couple who resuce ticket from trash claim $10.5 million prize https://www.lotterypost.com/news/77000 https://www.lotterypost.com/news/77000 Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:23:41 GMT Lottery Post The Chicago area's garbage strike was a nuisance for many, but now it smells sweet to two lottery winners who had mistakenly thrown their $10.5 million ticket in the trash.Chicago resident Ezekiel Zeek Garnett, 27, and his sister, Karen, 24, bought an Illinois Lotto ticket Oct. 4 in Niles but threw it out without checking the numbers. Their mother then heard that a ticket sold in Niles was a winner, and she checked the trash with her daughter.Thanks to the nine-day garbage strike last month, t... [ More ]

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