According to a press release from the Texas Lottery Commission, Byron Lee Sowell of San Augustine claimed a $20 million Lotto Texas® jackpot from the Nov. 2, 2016 drawing. Sowell selected the cash value option at the time of purchase and will receive $14,653,943.78.
Leo Guarente runs The Junk Depot in Massachusetts and was hired by the family of a recently deceased woman to haul off her belongings. That's how he discovered over $100 thousand dollars worth of U.S. savings bonds. However, it's what he did next that is the real story.