A woman who accidentally threw away a $1.64 million lottery ticket has been reunited with her life-changing prize after workers spent two days digging through tonnes of rubbish to find it. Unaware of her incredible luck, the woman tossed the ticket into the rubbish before heading home. Refusing to give up, she contacted the local waste collection company and offered to pay for a search. Roberto Nicola Toscano, administrator of waste company SANB, said workers painstakingly retraced the ticket’s journey despite having little hope of finding it. Roberto Nicola Toscano, administrator of waste company SANB.