Fortune cookie fuels record Powerball wins

Comment #33

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 14 May 2005 01:48:55 GMT

just saw on the news where they did an investigation because they thought fraud was involved because there were too many winners.

Comment #32

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 04:34:25 GMT

maybe they'll be another drawing where fortune cookies produce multiple winners....

Comment #31

Maverick — Sun, 24 Apr 2005 00:19:46 GMT

Yea could be. I just had a funny image in my head of them fumbling over boxes of fortune cookies and spreadsheets all over the table.

Comment #30

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 08:16:07 GMT

might be

Comment #29

Maverick — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:30:31 GMT

... you think MM and PB officials are lunching at Chinese restaurants gathering statistics

Comment #28

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:39:12 GMT

i wonder if that person who wrote the fortune and numbers notices the huge luck.....

Comment #27

Maverick — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 04:49:58 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by golotto on April 1, 2005whomever the original author was that wrote the lucky fortune cookie...be it here or in some other country...it would be interesting to know where he/she got their numbers?Ancient Chinese secret

Comment #26

ryanm — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 03:11:09 GMT

I believe there is a rule in Powerball that if the cost to purchase an annuity for a jackpot winner is less than $250,000 that the winner automatically gets the one-time lump sum. Therefore if the Powerball picked last Wednesday was 40 instead of 42, all the winners would have received only $125,000 cash, with no annuity option.

Comment #25

Badger — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 01:33:36 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on April 1, 2005Those cookies must sell overall the country. According to the PowerBall website:Record 21 Tickets win $500,000; 89 Win $100,000Powerball paid off BIG in multiple ways on March 30th. Not only was there one winning jackpot ticket worth $25.5 million that was sold in Tennessee, but also there were a record 21 tickets that won $500,000, and a record 89 tickets that won $100,000. The eighty-nine $100,000 tickets matched all 5 white numbers and were so... [ More ]

Comment #24

JAG331 — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:40:31 GMT

I saved a fortune cookie slip that told me You may have an interest in home repair or gardening. Now that part is incorrect, but I'm interested in what the numbers are on the back

Comment #23

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:10:07 GMT

i got a few of my old fortune cookie numbers out.i'm gonna try and see if i have any luck.....

Comment #22

Litebets27 — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:08:39 GMT

I have often used fortune cookie numbers here in Maryland in the Bonus Match 5, Lotto and Mega million games. I've cashed in $400.00 twice using them on the Bonus Match 5 game. Winning numbers have come form many venues.litebets

Comment #21

Bradly_60 — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 19:24:10 GMT

Lotteries are good about paying fixed prize amounts. I believe if prizes are 300% or more of total ticket sales they switch them down to para-mutual. They paid around twice as much as they took in in the last drawing.I wonder how many people bought more than one ticket though. that will be interesting to see if there was any double or triple winners.Brad

Comment #20

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 06:45:52 GMT

very very true.......

Comment #19

Stars — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 06:19:40 GMT

Here are my two comments...1) Imaging if they hit the jackpot, the cash value would have been about $125,000 each (or about $231,000 over time). So the 21 people who played the powerplay are lucky they DID NOT hit the jackpot.2) I would have to check the Powerball rules, but I thought that most Lotteries have the right (if it's in their rules) to pay such a prize as a Pari-mutual prize when there are a large amount of winners. So again, the winners are lucky that Powerball didn't change the priz... [ More ]

Comment #18

psykomo — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 05:39:07 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by LOTTOMIKE on April 1, 2005 this will probably never happen again.....You may be......right or wrong.......LOTTOMIKE, but.........explain to me if Iam hearing it as FACTS or in a DREAM???????????..........think I saw it INN DEEE......LP NEWS.........among other places???????????????????????????WHAT DO YOU think about QP's...................just dropped 50 there.............I still think QP's make more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ than....DOO DEEEEEEEEE................................. [ More ]

Comment #17

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 04:34:07 GMT

this will probably never happen again.....

Comment #16

smd173 — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 04:29:24 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on April 1, 2005The eighty-nine $100,000 tickets matched all 5 white numbers and were sold in AZ (10), CO (2), CT (2), DC, DE (3), IA (3), ID, IN (8), KS (3), KY (4), LA, MN (4), MO, MT, ND, NE (2), NH (2), NM (3), PA (12), RI (5), SC (6), TN (7), USVI, WI (4), and WV (2). The additional twenty-one players winning $500,000 not only matched the 5 white, but also purchased the Power Play option. The Power Play multiplier was 5 last night. These lucky tickets were s... [ More ]

Comment #15

golotto — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 03:53:28 GMT

whomever the original author was that wrote the lucky fortune cookie...be it here or in some other country...it would be interesting to know where he/she got their numbers

Comment #14

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 21:35:13 GMT

i already play fortune cookie numbers.....just didn't have those particular numbers......

Comment #13

fja — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 19:52:11 GMT

Talk about free advertising for Oriental food...I bet they have a big boost in sales

Comment #12

KyMystikal — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:47:26 GMT

I thought those numbers had looked familiar. I have a them from a fortune cookie my wife told me to play but I didn't because I thought the numbers were too high.

Comment #11

Todd — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 16:57:20 GMT

According to the USA Mega web site:110 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 11 from Arizona (1 with Power Play), 2 from Colorado, 4 from Connecticut (2 with Power Play), 1 from Washington, D.C., 3 from Delaware, 3 from Iowa, 1 from Idaho, 10 from Indiana (2 with Power Play), 3 from Kansas, 4 from Kentucky, 2 from Louisiana (1 with Power Play), 4 from Minnesota, 1 from Missouri, 1 from Montana, 1 from North Dakota, 2 from Nebraska, 3 from New Hampshire (1 with Power Pla... [ More ]

Comment #10

Elizabeth03 — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 16:33:02 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by four4me on April 1, 2005Very possible i go to PA or DC from Maryland to get my powerball tickets when the pots are over 100 mil.I wouldn't mind if the restaurants in canada had fortune cookies with numbers written on them. They only have sayings written on them.Elizabeth

Comment #9

four4me — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 16:26:04 GMT

Very possible i go to PA or DC from Maryland to get my powerball tickets when the pots are over 100 mil.

Comment #8

RJOh — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 16:18:51 GMT

I see 14 of those winners were from South Carolina and 8 of them had the PowerPlay. I wonder if any of them made a trip from North Carolina.RJOh

Comment #7

four4me — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 16:02:52 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on April 1, 2005Those cookies must sell overall the country. According to the PowerBall website: yep they do i have got the same fortune numbers in VA, PA and MD all within a months time at different Oriental take out food places. Now where did i put those numbers so i can playem for Mega and share the wealth if they win. Ha ha ha

Comment #6

RJOh — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 15:52:04 GMT

Those cookies must sell overall the country. According to the PowerBall website:Record 21 Tickets win $500,000; 89 Win $100,000Powerball paid off BIG in multiple ways on March 30th. Not only was there one winning jackpot ticket worth $25.5 million that was sold in Tennessee, but also there were a record 21 tickets that won $500,000, and a record 89 tickets that won $100,000. The eighty-nine $100,000 tickets matched all 5 white numbers and were sold in AZ (10), CO (2), CT (2), DC, DE (3), IA (3

Comment #5

JAG331 — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 15:36:36 GMT

I should eat more Chinese food

Comment #4

MillionsWanted — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 15:35:56 GMT

Sometimes luck is all you need.It was incredibly many who used the numbers found in the fortune cookiesIf the cookie was from a Take Out or Chinese Restaurant all the winners are probablyfrom the same area as well.

Comment #3

mrmst — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 14:46:37 GMT

AHHHH! I knew there had to be a reason other than just dumb luck for all the winners

Comment #2

qutgnt — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 14:05:49 GMT

I agree one hundred percent.

Comment #1

Badger — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 13:22:18 GMT

Just goes to show you...when it comes to the obscene-odds jackpot games, don't waste too much time trying to anticipate the numbers that will be drawn. Use any 5 or 6....they stand just as good a chance as any researching you can do. I only wish I had seen that fortune cookie.

Fortune cookie fuels record Powerball wins

Lottery Post — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:32:09 GMT

Dozens of people recently got an extra-special dessert with their Chinese food: a winning lottery number.A record 110 players won $500,000 and $100,000 prizes in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, most of whom apparently used the numbers included in a fortune-cookie message. Ordinarily the multistate lottery expects only four tickets to win at the Match 5 prize level.Several winners in a half-dozen states revealed that they got the winning number from a fortune cookie, said Doug Orr, marketing direc... [ More ]