A Lincoln County man in Kansas is $1 million richer, thanks to a Salina gas station employee. The lottery winner's brother accidentally dropped the winning ticket at a gas station over the weekend, before the numbers were checked. According to KWCH12 The employee picked up the ticket and scanned it, discovering its value of $1 Million dollars.

Instead of pocketing the money, the employee tried to track the person down. Fortunately, the rightful owner happened to drive back by the store a couple of hours later. The lottery says that's when the worker stopped him and returned the winning ticket.

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