Florida lottery winner stunned when post office loses her winning ticket

[Mike Wehner]

• A Florida Lottery winner was supposed to receive $1,000, but is now left with nothing.
• The winning ticket was sent via certified mail but got caught up in the post office and has not yet been found.
• The last tracking data for the envelope shows it arriving at the post office before disappearing.

2020 has been a very, very bad year for multiple reasons, and people are looking for the tiniest bits of light in their lives to cling on to while we all weather the storm. When Sue Burgess of Ridge Manor, Florida, won a cool $1,000 in a second-chance lottery drawing from the Florida Lotter, it seemed things were starting to look up, if ever so slightly.

Unfortunately, Burgess never got her winnings, and she claims it's due to a bizarre post office mixup that resulted in her winning ticket never making it to the lottery headquarters. This is even more confusing due to the fact that Burgess sent it using a method that should have protected it against any such hiccups.

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