CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Why do you think they're called fortune cookies? After his weekly meal at a Chinese restaurant, a North Carolina man used the numbers in his fortune cookie to play the lottery. And ...

A Pennsylvania man is now $1 million richer thanks to his love of Chinese food and the New Jersey Lottery. Ronnie Martin, of Long Pond, used numbers from a fortune cookie to win the cash in July's ...

July 2 (UPI) --A Kentucky woman used the numbers from inside a fortune cookie to play the lottery and ended up winning $50,000. Lexington resident Kathy Bailey told Kentucky Lottery officials she ...

A Kentucky woman used the numbers from inside a fortune cookie to play an online lottery game and scored a $50,000 prize. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI July 2 (UPI) --A Kentucky woman used the ...