A Kentucky woman is celebrating an unexpected windfall after nearly discarding an $80,000 winning lottery ticket.

Kentucky’s Pamela Howard-Thorton unearthed an $80,000 scratch-off ticket from the trash — after nearly losing it forever.

A Kentucky wom­an rescued an unscratched lot­tery ticket from the trash and dis­covered it was an $80,000 winner.Shepherdsville resident Pamela Howard-Thorton told the lottery company’s (Ken­tucky ...

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