Connecticut man buys winning $30,000 lottery ticket - by accident

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- A man in southwestern Connecticut who mistakenly bought the wrong lottery ticket is $30,000 wealthier.

Bob Sabo, of Easton, 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 says he didn't have his glasses on and instead bought a $30 ticket.

"When I got home and scratched the 30X ticket, I couldn't believe it--we won $30,000," Sabo told CT Lottery officials. "Winning the way we did was a very freaky thing!"

The store will receive $300 from CT Lottery for selling the top prize winning ticket.