A Virginia woman experienced a series of extremely fortunate events that led to her recent 5-figure Powerball win — starting with a literal fortune cookie.
Tierra Barley, of Henrico, Virginia, plays the Powerball lottery game with numbers she found in a fortune cookie, she told the Virginia Lottery’s website.
On May 8, five of those numbers came up in that day’s Powerball drawing — netting her a $50,000 win.
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But before the drawing, Barley nearly lost her ticket, said the Virginia Lottery.
After she bought the ticket at a supermarket in Henrico, she accidentally left it in the store, she said.