Man Shreds Winning Lotto Ticket
United Press International
Oct 06, 2010
A Florida man says he accidentally shredded and threw away most of a winning lottery ticket worth $14.5 million.
Chris Gooden, 31, of Fort Walton Beach said he purchased a lottery ticket Sept. 20 using the numbers from the back of his fortune cookie, 3-4-5-7-19-30, and the numbers came up as winners in the Sept. 22 drawing, the Fort Walton Beach Northwest Florida Daily News reported Tuesday.
Gooden said he searched for the ticket and eventually realized he had accidentally shredded the ticket along with a stack of papers from his truck. He said pieces of the ticket remained in the teeth of the shredder but the majority had already been sent to a landfill.
The Florida Lottery said two winning tickets were purchased from the drawing, one from the Shell Station where Gooden said he purchased his ticket and one in Aventura, Fla.
Gooden said he is hoping his attorney can help him prove he owned a winning ticket.
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