Two Parties Both Reap Rewards of Trashed Lottery Ticket

The family of a man who threw away a winning lottery ticket, reached an agreement on Friday with the man who picked the ticket out of a trash can.

The ticket, which was a Hold-em Poker scratch off ticket, was found in a convenience store trash can by 83 year old Edward St. John in October.

Fishing through the stores trash bin was not something new to St. John, who said that he regularly checked the disposed lottery tickets in the trash for winning tickets.

The Massachussettes Lottery commission was cotacted by Kevin Donovan, 49, who claimed he bought every hold-em ticket in the store the day St. John found the ticket, and that he accidently threw the winning ticket away.

The commission denied his claim saying that the ticket is just like cash and possession is the only requirement to cash in the ticket.

The family of Donovan, who died of a heart attack shortly after the commissions ruling, appealed the ruling in court.

That prompted St. John's lawyer to settle the case. And although they felt the ruling would have been held up in court, St. John's age had much to do with the settlement as he wanted to make sure he got to enjoy some of the money before it was too late to.

August 26, 2006
Posted By Vincent Tapoglia III
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