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Lost lottery ticket found
19/12/2005 20:54 - (SA)
Dallas - A man who lost a winning lottery ticket and found it five days later got a $25 000 cheque from the Texas Lottery on Monday, just in time for some last-minute Christmas shopping.
Mike Sargent, a 51-year-old AT&T facilities specialist from Alvarado, signed paperwork and picked up the cheque on Monday morning, one month after he turned it in to a lottery claims centre, Lottery spokesperson Bobby Heith said.
Sargent had spent days searching fields and ditches - even sifting through a trash bin - after he lost the ticket moments after buying it on November 15. A water metre reader found it five days later and returned it in exchange for a $2 500 reward.
The lottery had to run forensic tests on the scratch-off ticket because Sargent's signature had been partially scratched off. The investigation was completed on Friday, Heith said.
Sargent did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.
- AP
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