{"id":254879,"date":"2021-05-20T22:29:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T19:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fortune-cookies-scored-winners-400m-in-lottery-study\/"},"modified":"2021-05-20T22:29:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T19:29:52","slug":"fortune-cookies-scored-winners-400m-in-lottery-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fortune-cookies-scored-winners-400m-in-lottery-study\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fortune cookies scored winners $400M in lottery: study"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Fortune cookies scored winners $400M in lottery: study<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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When it comes to winning the lottery, you\u2019re better off trusting a fortune cookie \u2014 no, really.<\/p>\n

A recent survey by OpenFortune<\/a> \u2014 yes, a fortune cookie-based marketing and manufacturing group \u2014 has revealed that at least 146 lottery winners between 2004 and 2021 chose their lucky numbers based on a fortune cookie.<\/p>\n

All told, those fortunate souls reaped more than $406 million in winnings stemming from Powerball, Mega Millions, Daily Draw and scratch-off tickets from 40 states, with 93% earning more than $100,000 each. <\/p>\n

Among the lucky set, just this past February a North Carolina resident credited his Chinese takeout dinner for also bringing him a $500,000 Powerball prize, calling his shrimp fried rice \u201ca good investment.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a state-by-state analysis, more people won based on a fortune cookie in South Carolina\u00a0(15 players),\u00a0Pennsylvania\u00a0(13 players) and\u00a0Tennessee\u00a0(12 players), while most other states boasted less than a few. Unfortunately for Illinois, only one person has won thanks to a fortune cookie during the 17-year period, despite some 90% of players using this tactic.<\/p>\n

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In Illinois, only one person has won thanks to a fortune cookie, despite some 90% of players using this scheme.<\/figcaption>
OpenFortune<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hot tip: The luckiest numbers of all have been 4, 14, 15, 22, 26 and 28, according to OpenFortune, which distributes fortune cookies to more than 19,000 restaurants across the country. (Coincidence? Who can say?)<\/p>\n

Chief Cookie Officer Matt Williams called the results surprising \u2014 even for a man whose livelihood is staked on good fortune cookie press. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s obvious \u2014 fortune cookies instill feelings of luck and prosperity. But we were shocked by the sheer number of people who played, and actually won, using the motivation from their fortune,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cThat small slip of paper is powerful and [elicits] emotions that can ultimately lead people to make life-changing decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the odds of scoring the jackpot can be one in hundreds of millions, according to a recent Mega Millions estimate<\/a>, why not, as a likely consolation, get a cookie out of it?\n <\/div>\n

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