At best, a fortune cookie is good for a laugh, if you're the kind that still gets a giggle from adding "in bed" to the end of the statements. And the so-called lucky numbers printed on the reverse side? Hogwash.
Well... maybe not. The good luck of 75-year-old Emma Duvoll seems to prove that those random digits are legit. After dining recently at the Chinese eatery Sammy's Noodle Shop & Grill in Greenwich Village, the New Yorker decided to play her fortune cookie's lucky numbers in Powerball. Then, during the February 1 drawing, five of those six numbers turned out to be winners. Duvall became the proud owner of $2 million!
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