Charlotte man $2M richer after playing random Chinese fortune cookie numbers

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Charlotte man won $2 million after playing the lottery with random Chinese fortune cookie numbers.

Claude Guezodje said he has been playing with the same numbers on Mega Millions for almost five years.

“Those numbers were from a Chinese fortune cookie and random numbers I picked for myself,” Guezodje said. “I just liked those numbers and put them together.”

Guezodje is a highway construction worker and stopped with his crew at the BP Mini Mart on Bessemer City Road in Gastonia to pick up a few things before heading to a project on Interstate 85 and U.S. 321. That’s when he bought his winning ticket.

He was one of two players across the nation who won $2 million in the drawing April 21.

“The first thing I’ll do is pay off my car and try to find a small house – nothing crazy,” Guezodje said. “And then of course I want to help my family back home.”

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