Melbourne, Dec. 29: A landscape gardener proved to be lucky after he found a million-dollar winning lottery ticket, while picking up grimy leaves on a suburban Long Island street after Hurricane Sandy.
Marvin Martinez, 27, saw that all three numbers on the "Win 1000 dollars a Week for Life" scratch card looked like winners.
Martinez said that he tried to verify that he had a winning ticket at a New York Lottery customer service center - but the lottery office had lost its power as a result of Sandy causing havoc.
When the office finally reopened, Martinez explained to them what happened, and three weeks back, he got a call to meet the Lottery officials as no one else had claimed the ticket - and in this case, "finders.
Marvin Martinez, 27, saw that all three numbers on the "Win 1000 dollars a Week for Life" scratch card looked like winners.
Martinez said that he tried to verify that he had a winning ticket at a New York Lottery customer service center - but the lottery office had lost its power as a result of Sandy causing havoc.
When the office finally reopened, Martinez explained to them what happened, and three weeks back, he got a call to meet the Lottery officials as no one else had claimed the ticket - and in this case, "finders.
- 12/29/2013
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
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