Woman won a Mega Millions $421,000 lottery prize with this unusual fortune cookie twist

Merces Goncalves collected her Mega Millions prize of $421,811 with a special fortune cookie. PHOTO: Mega Millions

Not many serious lottery players use fortune cookie numbers for their lottery ticket. They know that since the same numbers are placed in hundreds of cookies they will be sharing the prize with many others, as happened in this Powerball game.

There were a staggering 110 second division winners who won only $176,000 each instead of the single $20 million jackpot prize.

But this Mega Millions fortune cookie bonanza was different. Watch the video above to find out how it happened...


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