This fortune cookie lived up to its name.
Ernesto Sorzano’s Chinese takeout dinner paid off when he played the string of lucky numbers in his fortune cookie on a Powerball ticket to North Carolina, UPI said.
Sorzano said he used the numbers when buying a $ 3 power play ticket – and they matched four of the winning ones, earning him $ 500,000.
The Florida resident – who is currently moving to Huntersville, NC – told the news agency that he will use his profits to buy a new home there.
“This was a good investment,” Sorzano said of his dinner of rice and shrimp, plus a dessert biscuit.
Incredible. I’m just super happy that my dreams came true, ”he said.
Sorzano took home $ 353,751 after tax on Monday, the report said.
The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million according to lottery officials.