Man makes lucky $3 million Lottery mistake

Published: Aug. 15, 2008 at 4:07 PM

ROANOKE, Ind., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A mistake in his usual lottery ticket numbers proved lucky for an Indiana man who won $3 million in the Hoosier Lottery.

When he realized he had gotten one number wrong, Bobby Guffey of Roaknoke returned to the Econoasis in Huntington and bought another ticket with the right numbers, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reported. That one was lucky too -- winning him $1,000 for having five of six correct numbers.

"My wife says it pays to be blind," Guffey said during a news conference Thursday at the Indiana State Fair.

The Guffeys took their winnings in a $1.2 million lump sum. Janice Guffey said she and her husband plan to continue working, although they will pay off their mortgage and take a cruise to Hawaii along with setting up trust funds for their children and grandchildren.

"Christmas will be a lot nicer," she said.

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