Lottery payoff of $50,000 for Virginia woman thanks to fortune cookie numbers

A Virginia woman experienced a series of extremely fortunate events that led to her recent 5-figure Powerball win — starting with a literal fortune cookie.

Tierra Barley, of Henrico, Virginia, plays the Powerball lottery game with numbers she found in a fortune cookie, she told the Virginia Lottery's website. 

On May 8, five of those numbers came up in that day's Powerball drawing — netting her a $50,000 win. 

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