This fortune cookie lived up to its name.
Ernesto Sorzano’s Chinese dinner paid off when he played the lucky set in his fortune cookie on a North Carolina Powerball ticket, according to UPI.
Sorzano said he used the numbers when he bought a $ 3 power-play ticket – and they ended up matching four of the winners, earning him $ 500,000.
The Florida resident – who is in the process of moving to Huntersville, NC – told the news agency that he will use his earnings to buy a new home there.
“It was a good investment,” Sorzano said of the rice and shrimp dinner, plus the dessert cookie.
“Unbelievable. I am very happy that my dreams have come true,” he said.
Sorzano took home $ 353,751 after taxes Monday, the report said.
The chances of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million, according to lottery officials.