Forgotten Glasses Win Man $3 Million
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ROANOKE, Ind. (Aug. 15) – A man’s forgotten bifocals led to a $3 million lottery jackpot. Bobby Guffey usually plays the same combination of numbers representing the birthdays of his five children. But he left his glasses at home when he bought the winning ticket Aug. 6, accidentally entering the last number as 48 instead of 46.
The Hoosier Lotto ticket ended up being worth $3 million.
“My wife says it pays to be blind,” Guffey said Thursday after he accepted his winnings at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis.
Guffey, who’s from the northeastern Indiana town of Roanoke, said he didn’t realize he’d used the wrong number combination until he had left the Huntington service station where he bought it.
He went back inside to buy a ticket with his usual numbers and that ticket won him $1,000 to go along with the jackpot.
Source: AOL News
This reminds me of an accidental checkmate I witnessed a few years ago. During severe time pressure, both players were banging out moves. One player made a check. His opponent grabbed the King to move away from the check only to realize that there was no legal square. Neither player realized the checkmate for several seconds.
What a lucky guy!
Speaking for myself, I’ll take the accidental checkmate over the lottery any day…;)