A four-week-old Lotto ticket survived a trip through the washing machine to net $250,000 for its Christchurch, New Zealand, owner.
The ticket bought at Pak'n'Save in Moorhouse for the July 9 Lotto draw shared the First Division prize with tickets bought in Auckland, Waitakere and Hastings.
The winner, who wants to stay anonymous, said he found the ticket last weekend after he washed an old pair of jeans.
"I went through the wet pockets and realised I had washed a Lotto ticket in the jeans.
"I figured it wouldn't be worth anything but I was heading to Countdown to buy my tea and thought I'd check it anyway.
"It wouldn't read in the self check scanner so I took it to the counter and the Lotto lady told me I had won $250,000,"
The winner says he's just been 'getting by' in the earthquake devastated city since February.
"I couldn't even remember where or when I had bought the ticket and I'm so glad it survived the washing machine."
Thanks to myturn for the tip.
I don't get too involved in wimmins work but uh...
Isn't it customary to check the pockets before you wash the clothes?
This guy talks about going through the wet pockets like it was a routine thing to do or something.
Congrats to the winner.......fortunately he didn't use bleach
Excellent! What a Twilight Zone episode that would have been!
"I found the ticket but it's a complete blank"
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Anyone here want to still doubt the Luck Factor?
This is a double example, his numbers are drawn and the ticklets survives the washing machine.
Or does Steve Player have a system for recovering wet tickets?
am just glad its not other "dog ate my winning ticket, really!"
at lest lottery could get their hands on it and see for them self's
one has to think, how many powerball/mega millions, other state lotto's games, do people someone somewhere put their "lottery ticket" in danger............................. washing machine must be the number 1 killer of winning tickets besides sheer stupidy of throwing winners out
glad he learned hes lesson, treat lottery tickets like cash"keep it safe duh"
to You check the numbers and make sure its a winner or not. or else you just beeped your self maybe
Yes, , rookie mistake not checking pockets before washing.
"Wimmins work"? You're a very brave man, Ridge.
I think I know where you're going with this.
You're sayin this guy was kinda like Nancy, right?
(wink, wink, nudge, nudge) (say no more, say no more)
I sometimes write songs. A song that I made up in 2009 was a list of things that should not go in lottery machines. The song starts off with the obvious, but then lists things that are more absurd (e.g. your sweaty next-door neighbor). One of the lines is this:
"Don't throw a winning lotto ticket in with the wash."
However, I am very glad that the lottery ticket survived the wash.
I'd love to see the lyrics if you wouldn't mind posting them.
I bet everyone else would too.
Great Story - Congrats!!
"The winner, who wants to stay anonymous, said he found the ticket last weekend after he washed an old pair of jeans."
Wise choice, all lottery players should have the same option!
rdgrnr: I never took you for a Monty Python fan!
LOL, good eye, dk!
Some of that stuff was hysterical.
I think Fawlty Towers was probably my favorite though.
double dose of luck there.
One dose for the win;
another for the ticket not getting destroyed in the wash
I wonder what the odds are of a ticket surviving a washing machine?
lottoace,you just gave me an idea,i'm going to put a loser in the washer and the dryer to see what happens .
You're going to put tiggs in the washing machine?
I don't think he'll hold up very well.
He's really old.
LOL...CT...........
CT
I once washed $15.00 worth of tickets in a pair of old jeans and go nothing back but fuzz. The paper
MO lottery uses would not stand up to much more than a rain drop so this guy beat the odds twice. I
think ridge's suspicions are founded because how often do you check the pockets after washing.
The Twilight Zone has always been a favorite of mine.
RL
one of my favs too,if lotterys were as popular when he was alive and an active writer as they are now, you could bet there would be some lottery stories in twilight zone,after all many were about,chance & what if. i remember the one about the camera that took pics.of the future,and they used (misused) it at the racetrack to win,imagine a TZ about a video that has the next big draw.
tiggs is right here yah know..:(...
Yeah, uh, I was talking about some other tiggs, tiggs.