Countless people dream of the day when an expected series of fortunate events will lead to a moment of brilliant luck and happiness.
Tierra Barley, a Henrico County resident in Virginia , experienced a series of extremely fortunate events that resulted in her five-figure Powerball win . While many people will use significant numbers such as birthdays or anniversaries when playing the lottery, Tierra simply used the numbers she found in a fortune cookie, she told the Virginia Lottery.
Her luck took an incredible turn on May 8, when five of those numbers matched the day's Powerball drawing, winning her an incredible $50,000. But just before the drawing, Tierra almost had a turn of bad luck as she almost lost her ticket.
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After buying her ticket at Varina Superstore Supermarket on Darbytown Road in Henrico, she accidentally left it in the store while she went to take her daughter to the park. When she returned in search of her ticket, Tierra found someone else buying Powerball tickets, and they turned out to be very helpful in returning her ticket.
She chose to use the numbers she found inside a fortune cookie and matched four of the five numbers and the Powerball. The numbers were 7-41-43-44-51 with a Powerball number 5, confirmed Virginia lottery.
Another lucky lottery winner decided to pick up a ticket along with his chicken at the grocery store on his way home from work - a move that would see him ultimately winning $500,000. Russell Gomes, of South Boston, had just finished work when he stopped at the Food Lion on Halifax Road to buy some chicken.
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He decided to try his luck and buy a Magnificent 7s lottery ticket, scratching it off in the parking lot to reveal the $500,000 top prize. Speaking to lottery officials Mr Gomes said: "I really didn't believe it. It feels great!"
Powerball is an American lottery game offered in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and overseen by the Multi-State Lottery Association.
The odds of winning a Powerball are 1 in 25 and the prize money can go up to $120 million. The famous lottery system was launched in 1987 after the localites voted to start a state-operated lottery game. Since its inception, the Virginia lottery has supported K-12 public education in a commonwealth, the website confirms.
Moreover, in 2023, it amounted to more than $867 million that went to public education in the state. The funds are about 10% of the commonwealth's budget for K-12 schools distributed throughout Virginia's counties.
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