Engineer plays fortune cookie lottery numbers and wins the jackpot

Comment #19

JonnyBgood07 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:59:12 GMT

I can be a statistic for fortune cookie luck....Me and the woman save our fortunes but one set stood out.Not only was it red and all others I had were blue,but the numbers looked like extremely winnable cash 5 numbersIplayed for a month and all I got was 2 3/5 hits.For the hell of it I used them for powerball.2 or 3 drawings later I banged it for 400(4 nums and the multiplier).The sad part is the PB # for that night I had 1 row up on my ticket and it was my fav powerball number at the time.I sho... [ More ]

Comment #18

sirbrad — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:31:36 GMT

I bought 3 different brands of cookies in stores, and so far none of them have numbers on them

Comment #17

pigsNtrees — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:49:00 GMT

Good grief, I never would have thought this number would have won.

He had used the numbers 11, 12, 22, 23, 24 and 36

Just goes to show you never know.

Comment #16

justxploring — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:54:43 GMT

This past weekend when I went to Publix supermarket to buy my Lotto tickets, sitting on the green stand that holds the cards pencils were 2 small strips of paper that looked exactly like the fortunes from a Chinese cookie. They both had some Chinese symbols on one side and English words with numbers on the other with Your Lucky Numbers but I threw them away. I really didn't want to get any more numbers in my head! Apparently another player left them there.

Comment #15

robmang — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:10:57 GMT

Hmm...I just got chinese food last night, and usually the fortune cookies I get are an obvious saying, or something just plain bizzare..like smile and others will smile back at you , a distant relative will phone you soon, blah blah...I finally got one that was something interesting, it said There are many unexpected thrilling surprises in store for you! Nothing really special or unexpected has happened in probably a year, i was thinkin of giving the numbers on it a couple tries at the end of th... [ More ]

Comment #14

sirbrad — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:37:39 GMT

Found some! I wonder if any cookie ever said, You ain't ever gonna win crap you loser! ? That would suck. The Lachoy type I got doesn't seem to have any lottery numbers, only one message on the front! What a rip.

Comment #13

sirbrad — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:34:05 GMT

Oh yeah, think I saw them at Walmart before in that aisle. Will check again.

Comment #12

DC81 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:06:31 GMT

You can just buy them in a grocery store if they have a world foods aisle or something.

Comment #11

sirbrad — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:42:23 GMT

Which leads to another question, do I have to go and eat overpriced Chinese to get a cookie, or can I just order a whole bag online and play the numbers? Maybe I will try both and keep palying the numbers

Comment #10

sirbrad — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:38:17 GMT

after becoming one of 10 people who chose the right number.

That is exactly what happens when you play fortune cookie numbers, you will be sharing with many others usually. They should make sure every cookie has different numbers. Also many millions of people go winless using such numbers, and only get recognition when they finally hit, then give the universal message inside credit for the win; and quickly forget about the past thousands and thousands of losing numbers.

Comment #9

RJOh — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:36:38 GMT

Played numbers for 4 years before they hit big

I pick different combinations every time I play but the program I use check to make sure they have never won a Jackpot or a second tier prize in the history of the game so it's kinda like having played them for 4 years or more and not winning. Since I added a routine to my program to figure the amount I win when I hit, it can also show me the amount I saved by not playing those combinations over the years too.

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Comment #8

DC81 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:20:23 GMT

There's also that time where a lot of people won, a second tier MM or PB prize from the same numbers printed on the papers in several fortune cookies.

Comment #7

TigerAngel — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:25:18 GMT

Did you hear the one about the elderly couple in New York City? When the lotto jackpot grew to a huge amount they decided to play. They searched their house for that fortune cookie with the numbers that they saved from years ago. . . they found it, played it and won the jackpot!!!

True story----------- I kid you not

Comment #6

BabyJC — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:16:04 GMT

check out http://www.fortunecookiechronicles.com

Comment #5

BobP — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:12:57 GMT

I played my fortune cookie lottery numbers once, then the next week the cookie said disregrd previous fortune cookie .

BobP

Comment #4

RJOh — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:01:45 GMT

A few years ago PowerBall had a bunch of top winners who played numbers from some fortune cookies and it concerned them enough to investigate their source. There much be something lucky about fortune cookies.

I'm thinking about changing the name of my lottery program from LOTO to Fortune Cookie and see what happens.

Comment #3

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:29:04 GMT

Congrats to him! I wonder why he choose to play that fortune cookie number set for so long? I guess it's a goo thing he did.

Comment #2

tiggs95 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:42:47 GMT

Once you start playing a certain set of numbers you can't quit...Or you can and take a chance..Odds are that the numbers won't come in but if they do..OH WELL........

Comment #1

BabyJC — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:14:39 GMT

I'm a fan of playing lotto numbers from forturne cookies as well, but I have never played them for four years - Good thing this guy did! I had Chinese food last week and set aside my new fortune to play the numbers (which I haven't done yet). This was my fortune:

God of Fortune is beckoning you. - How can I not play those numbers now

Engineer plays fortune cookie lottery numbers and wins the jackpot

Lottery Post — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:47:59 GMT

Played numbers for 4 years before they hit big

To most of us, fortune cookies are just a charming detail at the end of a meal and their vague prophecies and snippets of folk wisdom are not to be taken seriously.

But to Danny Williams, the numbers printed on a slip inside one cookie seemed to promise a real fortune and his hunch came true as they won him a Lottery jackpot.

The 23-year-old engineer beat million-to-one odds to win a share of the top prize in the National Lottery.

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