This fortune cookie lived up to its name.
Ernesto Sorzano’s sugar-takeout dinner paid off big time when he played a set of lucky numbers in his fortune cookie on a North Carolina Powerball ticket, According to UPI.
Sorzano said he used the numbers when purchasing a $ 3 power-play ticket – and he matched them with the four people who won, landing him $ 500,000.
The Florida resident – who is in the process of moving to Huntersville, NC – told the news agency that he would use his winnings to buy a new home.
“It was a good investment,” Sorzano said of his rice and shrimp dinner, plus a dessert cookie.
“Unbelievable. I’m just super happy that my dreams came true,” he said.
Sorzano took home $ 353,751 after taxes on Monday, the report states.
The probability of winning the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 292 million Lottery officer.
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