Man hits NC Powerball prize thanks to fortune cookie with his fried rice and shrimp
A Florida man scored an enormous North Carolina Powerball prize with numbers he used from a fortune cookie that got here with his fried rice and shrimp, NC lottery officers stated Tuesday.
Ernesto Sorzano purchased the profitable $500,000 ticket at a 7-Eleven on Sam Furr Road in Huntersville, in accordance to a lottery information launch.
He beat odds of 1 in 913,000, in accordance to the Powerball web site.
“That was a good investment,” Sorzano informed officers of his takeout order from a Chinese restaurant.
Sorzano matched 4 of the white balls and the Powerball in Saturday’s drawing, profitable $50,000. But he purchased a $3 Power Play ticket, that means his prize jumped 10-fold to $500,000 when the 10X multiplier was drawn, in accordance to the lottery.
He claimed his prize on Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh, netting $353,751 after taxes, officers stated.
Sorzano, who’s from Florida, stated he’s shifting to Huntersville and will use the cash to purchase a brand new house.
“Unbelievable,” he stated. “I’m just super happy that my dreams came true.”
Sorzano’s was amongst three profitable tickets purchased in North Carolina that matched 4 white balls and the Powerball within the drawing, officers help.
Someone purchased a $3 Power Play ticket value $500,000 by way of Online Play on the lottery web site., in accordance to the lottery.
And a $2 ticket value $50,000 was bought on the QuikTrip on Dale Earnhardt Boulevard in Kannapolis.
No one received Saturday’s Powerball jackpot, which climbed to $90 million as an annuity or $64.2 million money for Wednesday’s drawing.
The odds of profitable a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.
