{"id":329,"date":"2006-11-30T17:12:24","date_gmt":"2006-11-30T22:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/30\/tossed-winning-ticket-found-in-dumpster\/"},"modified":"2011-08-10T02:18:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T06:18:34","slug":"tossed-winning-ticket-found-in-dumpster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/30\/tossed-winning-ticket-found-in-dumpster\/","title":{"rendered":"Tossed winning ticket found in dumpster"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>What would you do if you realized that you threw away a winning lottery ticket?<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Luckily a North Carolina man, who threw away a winning $100,000 ticket, was able to find his missing winning Winter Winnerland instand scratch off ticket. <\/p>\n<p>He purchased the first ticket a week ago but didn&#8217;t think he&#8217;d won so he tossed the ticket into the garbage. 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