Virginia woman wins lottery using fortune cookie numbers
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Updated: Jun. 9, 2018 at 7:46 PM EDT
STAFFORD, VA (WWBT) - A fortune cookie brought just that to a Virginia woman.
Loraine Simon Henry used the numbers she found inside a fortune cookie to play Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 game and won $100,000.
"This is unbelievable!" she said while claiming the prize.
The winning ticket was bought at a City Mart in Stafford.
Simon Henry plans to use her winnings to pay bills and possibly go on a cruise - Not bad for a cheap cookie she found while dusting.
By the way, the chances of winning the $100,000 top prize are 1 in 278,256.
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