Man Forgets Glasses + Buys Winning Lottery Ticket By Mistake

Bob Sabo mistakenly bought the wrong lottery ticket is $30,000 wealthier.

The Easton, Connecticut man, who says he didn’t want to wait in line to buy a lottery ticket at the Super Stop & Shop in Fairfield, so he decided to buy a ticket from a lottery vending machine – something he had previously never done. Sabo says he meant to buy two $20 tickets, but didn’t have his glasses on and instead bought a $30 ticket. When he got home, he discovered the ticket was a winner.