A woman in Italy realized she had made a disastrous mistake after throwing away a winning lottery ticket worth $1.16 million. She soon returned to the shop only to find that the garbage had already been collected, meaning the chances of getting her winning ticket back were pretty slim. A woman in Florida whose winning ticket worth $2,600 was allegedly stolen by a USPS worker was able to get an investigation into the matter last month. Italian garbagemen help recover lost 1 million euro lottery ticket. Toscano added that the woman who initially lost the ticket “cried with emotion,” when she was told the good news.