This marks the second time this month a lottery winner has credited a fortune cookie for his windfall.
A Michigan man who won more than $300,000 in the lottery says he got his lucky numbers from a fortune cookie.the Michigan Lottery
"I've been playing these numbers for a long time," the man said."I don't remember when I got that fortune cookie, but I do remember thinking the numbers looked lucky, so I went with it." After picking up his winnings at Lottery headquarters on Monday, the winner said he plans on using the funds to pay some bills, take a trip and help family members.
Five Thirty-Eight found that using some combination of numbers from a fortune has a slightly better chance of winning the lottery than random digits.Playing the numbers from your fortune cookie may not be as crazy as it sounds: Earlier this month, a retired North Carolina man won a $344.6 million Powerball using numbers from his fortune. Charles W. Jackson Jr.
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