He Won $250k With Ticket He Pulled From Trash

He won $250K with ticket he pulled from trash

Andrew Hunter, a 24-year-old restaurant server in Georgia nearly threw away a quarter of a million dollars. Instead, he pulled a $3 winning ticket out of his trash and traded it in for three more tickets — one of which won him $250,000.

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