Discarded Winning Lottery Ticket Returned To Purchaser

(Southwick, MA) -- A Massachusetts convenience store is getting credit for holding onto a million-dollar lottery ticket for a customer who threw it out.  

Lea Rose Fiega purchased the Mass Lottery's "Diamond Millions" ticket at the Lucky Stop in Southwick in March, but threw it out thinking it wasn't a winner.  

Staff at the family-owned store realized Fiega, a regular customer, was wrong and they returned the ticket to her.