A Louisiana couple have more than a million more reasons to be thankful after finding a winning lottery ticket while cleaning up for Thanksgiving.

Tina Ehrenberg said she found a stack of lottery tickets on her nightstand while she was making sure her home was spick and span prior to receiving family for the American holiday.

One of those tickets won her and her husband a $USD1.8m (£1.4m) jackpot.

The winning ticket was found about two weeks before it was set to expire.

[Source: BBC]