It was not how Lorenzo Juarez planned to spend his 39th birthday - searching a dumpster for pieces of thrown-away scratch-off tickets after the buyer had an argument with the lottery store.

But Lorenzo was convinced that there was money left on the card. And he wanted to claim it. Luckily for the Stockton, California resident the dive turned out to have a happy ending. Guess how much the original owner threw away? Take a look!

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