Woman Reveals How She Used Fortune Cookie Numbers to Win $50,000 Lottery Prize: 'Was a Lot to Digest'

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Kathy Bailey said she took nan numbers from her daughter's luck cooky pursuing a Chinese meal and utilized them for a Powerball summons she purchased online
She past played nan Golden Snake Triple Play crippled and later won $50,000
"My hubby is retiring successful December, and this will beryllium immoderate other money to person connected hand,” she said successful a statement

A Kentucky female is celebrating a $50,000 lottery prize — and it's each because of her daughter’s luck cookie.

Kathy Bailey, of Lexington, played nan Kentucky Lottery’s Golden Snake Triple Play crippled connected a $5 wager erstwhile she won nan prize, according to a release.

She said that she and her family were finishing a Chinese repast erstwhile she noticed her daughter’s luck cooky and took nan numbers to usage connected a Powerball summons she'd purchased online.

Then, per nan release, she went to nan lottery’s Insta Play page for nan Golden Snake Triple Play and had to take which prize crippled to play: nan Fan Bonus, Fortune Cookie Bonus aliases Firecracker Bonus Game.

“I almost ever take nan Fortune Cookie Bonus,” Bailey said per nan Kentucky Lottery. “I conscionable happened to take that one. I conscionable deed it and location it went.”

Moments later, Bailey’s surface showed that she'd won $50,000.

“I was connected my laptop erstwhile I saw nan large 'winner' notification, followed by nan $50,000 amount,” nan victor said, according to nan release. “It was a batch to digest, and I had to double-check to make judge I wasn't seeing things."

The Kentucky Lottery sent her an email minutes later to comfirm nan win.

After taxes, Bailey came distant pinch a cool $36,000 and plans to prevention nan money for nan future.

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"My hubby is retiring successful December, and this will beryllium immoderate other money to person connected hand,” she said successful nan release. “We've already taken attraction of our house, van, and truck, truthful this will conscionable beryllium a bully summation to our savings."

The Kentucky Lottery said that nan likelihood of winning $50,000 connected a $5 stake connected nan crippled are 1 successful 2,000,000.

Bailey's communicative is different illustration of really lottery wins travel from nan astir different of circumstances. Recently, Sylvester Semedo from Massachusetts won a $300,000 jackpot by playing elevator numbers from his aged activity building.