Lucky Kentucky woman saves a lost lottery ticket that was in the trash
@Deepizzaguy (122417)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
June 26, 2025 4:33pm CST
Pamela Howard-Thornton who is a resident of Shepherdsville Kentucky trusted her hunches that she should play a $5 dollar Flamingo Bingo scratch game when she went to a Speedway service station in Lebanon earlier this month to buy a scratch off lottery ticket.
Pamela bought four Flamingo Bingo scratch off tickets at the same store when she left them in the counter in her home when around late night, she played three of the scratch off tickets which did not win her any money.
Pamela realized that a fourth lottery ticket she played that she threw in the trash was the lottery ticket that had the grand prize of $80,000 dollars that she almost threw away.
Pamela was able to locate the winning ticket and go to the lottery office and collect around $57.600 dollars after taxes.
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@Ineeddentures (35744)
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26 Jun
Had she scratched the winning ticket and did she know it was a winning ticket when she threw it in the trash.
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Jun
I guess she had a memory lapse.
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Jun
@Ineeddentures That is likely what happened.
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@Ineeddentures (35744)
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27 Jun
@Deepizzaguy
Or she made it all up to get some attention and to brag a bit her win
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@LindaOHio (223055)
• United States
27 Jun
Whew! That would have been a big loss.
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Jun
I am in agreement with you.
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@celticeagle (190152)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Jun
Wow! Lucky her. Have to keep track of tickets.
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Jun
I am in agreement with you.
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@RasmaSandra (98187)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Jun
The Lord was watching over her, Glad she got the money,
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Jun
So am I happy that Pamela received her lottery ticket winnings.
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@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
27 Jun
Probably she got despondent when the first 3 tickets were not winners, and so threw the fourth one away. It was good that she was able to recover that winning ticket.
@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Jun
Most likely what happened.
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