Trashing Winning Ticket

I agree with Wizbang when it comes to lottery ticket players who play every last ticket at the counter while you wait. However, in this case I wish I was the one waiting right behind him. It would have been worth the time seeing these events unfold. One man wins and throws the winner in the trash. Another comes along and hits the trash jackpot.

But the one time he hit the $1 million jackpot, he said, he accidentally threw away his fortune.

The agony of realizing that you lost $1,000,000 would be tremendous. I highly doubt he realized that the ticket was a winner and ‘accidently’ put it into the ‘loser’ pile. Admittedly it is possible. However, had I see the winner I would have all the tickets quietly in my pocket and headed for home. There I would double check the tickets and then figure out how to collect the prize. It will be interesting to find out who gets to keep the money. Wouldn’t doubt that th estate of Massachusetts wins in this case.