HIGHLIGHTS: A guy in D.C. is suing Powerball and the D.C. Lottery after they posted the wrong numbers online, and he THOUGHT he’d won $340 million.
FULL STORY: How angry would you be if this happened . . . on a scale from 1 to “I’m calling my lawyer.”
In January of last year, a guy in D.C. named John Cheeks bought a Powerball ticket. Then he checked the winning numbers online a day after the drawing, and they MATCHED. The jackpot was $340 MILLION.
He did all the things you’re supposed to. He took a photo of the ticket and only told one other person about it. But then he went to cash it in and was told he HADN’T actually won.
Washington D.C.’s official lottery site had posted the WRONG NUMBERS. So instead of matching all five and the Powerball, he’d matched none of them.
He’s in the news because he’s now suing Powerball and the D.C. Lottery. He says they listed the wrong numbers for three days, and he wants them to pay up.
His lawyer noted a similar thing happened last year when the Iowa Lottery reported bad numbers. People who cashed in before that error got fixed WERE paid out, but no one hit the jackpot. All the payouts were between $4 and $200.
It doesn’t sound like John’s expecting the full $340 million, but SOMETHING? Does he have a case, or should he shrug it off and move on?
(NBC 4)
(Here’s a photo. The jackpot that John thought he won eventually grew to over $750 million, and someone in Washington state won it.)
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