From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-361243-989840
SACRAMENTO (UPI) -- A California woman and a Maryland man have
reported discovering $250,000 lottery tickets in separate incidents.
The Price George's County, Md., man, whose name was not released, said
he found his Mega Millions ticket in his jacket pocket, where it had
resided for nearly a month and a half, WBAL-TV in Baltimore reported
Tuesday.
"I was lucky to wear the jacket that day. I probably wouldn't wear it
for the rest of the season," the winner said.
Meanwhile, Candy Tyree of Sacramento, Calif., said she was about to
throw away an old recliner when her husband told her he had stuffed a
week-old Mega Millions ticket in the chair, KCRA-TV in Sacramento
reported Tuesday.
She said she retrieved the ticket from the recliner, which had already
been taken outside, and looked up the winning numbers from the
drawing.
Tyree said the ticket turned out to be worth $249,050.
Her husband Jim said the incident has caused his wife to reconsider
tossing the old recliner.
"It could be the lucky chair now," he said.