Lorenzo Juarez has been unemployed for four years, he recently split from his significant other and said for his 39th birthday, he was feeling pretty down and out -- but had nothing more to lose.Juarez went into a market in downtown Stockton to get some water when another customer threw a tantrum in front of him.Watch report: Man slips into large trash bin for reversal of fortuneThe other customer ripped up a large scratch-off lottery ticket and told the cashier, "I don't need the money," then barged out of the store.Juarez saw the man toss the shredded ticket into a large trash bin behind the store in an alley, and jumped in to retrieve the pieces.He found just enough of the ticket to return to the store and retrieve the $500 prize.What are the odds?

Lorenzo Juarez has been unemployed for four years, he recently split from his significant other and said for his 39th birthday, he was feeling pretty down and out -- but had nothing more to lose.

Juarez went into a market in downtown Stockton to get some water when another customer threw a tantrum in front of him.


Watch report: Man slips into large trash bin for reversal of fortune

The other customer ripped up a large scratch-off lottery ticket and told the cashier, "I don't need the money," then barged out of the store.

Juarez saw the man toss the shredded ticket into a large trash bin behind the store in an alley, and jumped in to retrieve the pieces.

He found just enough of the ticket to return to the store and retrieve the $500 prize.

What are the odds?