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They Found $1 Million in Their Trash
By Bill Hogan, July 26, 2013 11:57 AM
Joseph and Joanne Zagami of North Attleborough, Mass., have won $1 million on a lottery ticket that they fished out of their trash after mistakenly throwing it away, the Associated Press reports.
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following day, when the Zagamis realized that neither of them had scratched the ticket, they dug through their trash, found it, and hit the jackpot - literally.
In claiming their prize on July 24, the Zagamis opted for a one-time lump sum payment of $650,000 before taxes.
Photo: Massachusetts Lottery/WPTV.com
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