How can anyone doubt that there's a Lottery Fairy and she either smiles on you or not:

But when he bought a ticket for the Aug. 6 drawing of the HoosierLotto game at the Econoasis in Huntington, it was dark and he hadforgotten his bifocals. He didn't realize until he was outside that thelast number was accidentally "48" instead of his usual "46."

It turns out that twist of fate was a blessing, though, it won him $3 million.

Twist of fate indeed!

"My wife says it pays to be blind," Guffey said Thursday during a media event at the Indiana State Fair to accept his winnings.

Ironically,he went back inside to buy a ticket with his usual numbers, and thatticket netted him $1,000 for correctly selecting all but one number.

Pretty good evidence that it's all luck and just luck. some people spend lifetimes playing birthdays and what have you and never hit.....even when birthdays do hit, there's a force in the cosmos that matches the drawings with those dates, or not - God's timeline if you will.

And what made the guy forget his glasses, huh?

God works in mysterious ways. Congratulations to the winner.

Why does every lotto winner have a story to tell how they picked the winning numbers?

Congrats to him! He was very lucky indeed.

It makes a nice story and the people are excited!  You can always say "I have no idea.  I just closed my eyes and let the little green pencil do its thing."    I've seen many press releases in FL that just announce the winner with no personal comments whatsoever. 

I guess a smart thing to say would be "My system finally worked!!!" and then sell some books. LOL 

Of all the winners I've ever seen interviewed only one ever mentioned a system, and it was a guy from Ethiopia who had won PB or MM.

He had a thick accent and spoke very fast, and after he explained how he picked the numbers, the newsman looked at the camera and said, "Got that? I sure didn't"

What about that "Brad" person who said he was going to turn his jackpot into billions?  Didn't he say he had a system (but never revealed it.)

Edit:  Found it.  Name was Brad Duke.  He said he "developed a little numbering system."

By the way, all the stories about Brad proves that even a winner who enjoys putting his photo in the paper and appearing on TV is soon forgotten. (By most people, that is. We at LP do not represent the norm! lol)  I mean, when do you ever hear about this guy any more?  The Jack Whittakers of this world aren't as common as the press would like us to believe.  Most people take their millions and go on to enjoy a comfortable life.  Bad news just sells more. 

Lol   Might as well make more money while you got the chance.

Last story on him was in March 2008 but I think it only appeared in either a local or a state-wide newspaper. I'm sure he's still the talk of his town though obviously the random schmo isn't going to know who he is, heck I doubt any of us would if we walked by or talked to him, unless maybe you catch his name. Just hope no one you meet or get acquainted with decides to later put your name in a search engine and see what they can find.