Virginia woman learns winning CASH 5 lottery ticket was in the trash

A Virginia lady turned her trash into treasure actually after she realized she threw away her profitable $110,000 lottery ticket. 

Mary Elliot panicked after studying she matched all 5 numbers within the CASH 5 with EZ Match recreation however had thrown out her profitable ticket, the Virginia Lottery mentioned in a press launch final Tuesday. Fortunately, after digging via rubbish, she discovered it.

When she took the ticket to say her prize, she bumped into one other downside: the barcode would not scan due to espresso stains. 

Fortunately for Elliott, lottery officers had been in a position to affirm her prize and she or he walked away $110,000 richer. 

“After I noticed I’d gained, I couldn’t cease shaking to save lots of my life!” she mentioned, based on the discharge.

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She bought the ticket in February at a Meals Lion grocery story in Dillwyn, utilizing numbers that had been necessary birthdays.

The possibilities of matching all 5 numbers to win the $100,000 jackpot are 1 in 749,398, based on the discharge. 

Observe reporter Asha Gilbert @Coastalasha. E-mail: agilbert@usatoday.com.