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Fortune Cookie Wins Sweet Prize

NEW YORK –- As reported by Reuters: "The cookie crumbled right for 110 people who chose Chinese food.

"Betting on the numbers recommended in fortune cookies, they won from $100,000 to half a million dollars each in a multi-state Powerball lottery, organization director Charles Strutt said on Wednesday.

"By the laws of statistical probability, there should have been only four or five winners among the 10.4 million ticket buyers in the lottery operated by the governments of 27 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

"…When winners of the prize came forward to claim the prize on April Fool's Day, state lottery officials had instructions to grill them, Strutt said.

"The first hint came from Tennessee, where the first three winners told lottery officials they took the numbers from fortune cookies. The story was repeated across America.

"Tennessee and Idaho officials visited dozens of Chinese restaurants and traced the cookies back to a distributor in the New York area.

"…The fortune cookie featured six lucky numbers. The first five were good enough for six-figure prizes. The sixth figure, needed for the jackpot of $25.5 million, was listed as 40, when the winning number was 42…"

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