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AUSTIN: A $25,000 (about Rs. 11.5 lakhs) lottery ticket was easy money for Mike Sargent. He signed the ticket and filled in his name and address as he called his wife and said he was bringing her the best Christmas present ever. By the time he got home, however, the ticket was gone.

Friends combed the fields and roadside ditches while Mr. Sargent and his neighbour sifted through all the garbage in the convenience store's trash bin. Finally, five days later, he got a call from Gerardo Ruiz, a water meter reader who found it while working five houses down from the store.

AP

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