Man finds discarded lottery ticket on the ground, wins $50K jackpot

• A man in Ohio found a lottery ticket on the ground and decided to play the same numbers on the Pick 5 game
• The numbers were a bust when the man first played - but instead of discarding the ticket, he kept it with him
• Then, on April 28, the man decided to play the lottery again with some friends from work, and this is when he won $50,000

One man’s waste is another man’s fortune - nothing truer could be said about the situation of anOhio man who found a discarded, used lottery ticket and decided to play the same numbers.

A man came across a discarded ticket and played it twice - winning $50K

The winner, who admitted that they seldom play the lottery themselves, took that as a sign that they should at least give it a go - and they were right. Upon playing the numbers, the mystery winner scooped a $50,000 prize payout.

The person, a resident of Euclid, managed to secure the payout on Pick 5, which was the game the discarded ticket had played as well. But there is more to this story. The winner apparently played the numbers twice before they won.

At first, they didn’t win anything, but then, on April 28, when the man was out with some colleagues from work, he ended up winning the six-figure payout by recycling the same numbers once again.

The Ohio Lottery confirmed that the lucky winner had placed a $1 ticket on Pick 5, matching all five numbers, to win the $50,000 payout.

Unfortunately, the lottery could not reveal any further information about the unexpected win, but the anecdotal way the person won is forever going down in the history of some of the most bizarre lottery wins recorded!

This spot of good news comes after someone in Ohio managed to win the $60,000,000 Mega Millions jackpot in late March.

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