John Cheeks, who lives in Washington, has sued the US Powerball lottery for $340 million, claiming he was wrongfully denied the $320 million prize money
“Scotch shower” for a man in the United States. John Cheeks, who lives in Washington, sued the US Powerball lottery for $340 million, claiming he was unfairly denied the $320 million prize money, despite having the numbers displayed on the gambling company’s website.
Cheeks bought a Powerball ticket on Jan. 6 and picked his numbers based on his family members’ birthdays. He wasn’t able to watch the draw live the next day, but he found out on January 8th that his numbers matched the ones he found on the lottery website and saw the massive $340 million prize become his! Not for long.
He soon realized that the numbers on the site and in the lottery did not match the numbers drawn on TV, even though his numbers appeared online for three days, the suit claimed.
According to the filing, the lottery’s sponsoring company, Taoti Enterprises, made a… ‘mistake’ i.e. posted wrong earnings numbers on the site. In his lawsuit, Cheeks asked Powerball to pay him the ticket winnings he thought he had, plus an additional $72,000 per day in interest “due to failure to pay.” The amount corresponds to about 340 million dollars.
The jackpot Jicks thought was his it eventually rose to $754.6 millionand a lachno holder won the “gold” prize on February 6th.
According to US News, Americans’ odds of winning the Powerball are about one in 292.2 million, while the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are about one in 302.6 million…
Source :Skai
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