Boy Finds $1,000 Lottery Ticket In Trash
A 12-year-old Ashland boy’s habit of rummaging through a convenience store’s garbage bin paid off when he discovered a scratch-off lottery ticket worth $1,000.
Ryan Wiles said he searches for old lottery tickets almost every day in the trash bin near his house.
Last summer, he found a Bingo scratch-off ticket worth $40.
But last week’s discovery of the winning Money Game ticket is big money to the Ashland Middle School sixth-grader.
“I’m the most popular kid in my school. I have people coming up to me saying, ‘Hey, we’re best friends, right?”’ he said.
Ryan plans to spend about $100 and deposit the rest in a bank to collect interest.