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An abrupt end for collectors who turned lottery ticket trash into cash

By Bruce Mohl
Globe Staff / May 26, 2007

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Peter Aliberti feels he was double-crossed by the lottery. It's not that the Everett construction worker had a winning ticket the state wouldn't cash. He's upset that he has collected 90,000 discarded scratch tickets, and he thinks he's due 3,600 new ones. (Full article: 930 words)

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