A fortunate resident from New York wins $80 million recently
By Gaurav Bisht |
Published March 05, 2023 11:35 am GMT
A man from New York has just won an $80 million Powerball jackpot with numbers he received from a fortune cookie.
The New York Lottery confirmed the news, revealing that the winning ticket was purchased at a gas station in the city of Queens.
The winner, identified as a local man in his 40s, said that he regularly plays the lottery and decided to use the numbers he got from a fortune cookie to buy his ticket.
He was shocked when he realized he had won the jackpot and told lottery officials that he plans to use the money to take care of his family and invest in his future.
Powerball is a popular multi-state lottery game played across several US states, with jackpots frequently reaching into the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars.
