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.
Double winner
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.
Guffey
said he has been playing the Hoosier Lotto since it started in 1989. He
said he's won about $5,000 on various tickets over the years.
His
wife, Janell, said they are going to pay off their house, take a cruise
to Hawaii next year and set up a trust fund for their five children and
10 grandchildren.
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