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Forgotten Lotto ticket wins Delta woman $58,500

A Delta woman has reminded everyone that they should always check their Lotto tickets – after a month-old receipt netted her $58,000.
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Lotto winner Carolyn Bauer. Photo submitted

A Delta woman has reminded everyone that they should always check their Lotto tickets – after a month-old receipt netted her $58,000.

Carolyn Bauer was cleaning her kitchen when she found three forgotten Lotto 6/49 tickets tucked behind her kitchen radio – one of which matched five of the six numbers, plus the bonus number, from the Oct. 7 draw to win $58,502.50.

“The first ticket I scanned won a free play, then $1,” said the Delta local, who purchased the tickets at the Chevron gas station on River Road. “When I scanned the third ticket it said $58,000!”

On how it feels to win, Bauer said, “It is surreal, I had to pinch myself!”

All lottery tickets expire one year from the draw date printed at the front of the ticket.