John Cheek he says he won 340 million dollars in the lottery game ball of powerfrom the United States, but the company does not recognize it.
Just over a year ago, on January 6, Cheeks purchased the alleged winning ticket when the Powerball jackpot was $340 million.
On the 7th of that month, when the live drawing took place, the man was in no hurry to review the winning numbers, so the next day he went to the official Powerball website to see whether he had won or not.
To his surprise, he discovered that the numbers on the site miraculously matched those on his physical ticket. John had chosen his family’s birth dates.
The first thing he did was call a friend to tell him the news. He suggested, just in case, taking a screenshot of the screen. “I took a picture like he recommended and that was it, I went to sleep,” Cheeks told NBC 4.
Waking up and believing he was the first billionaire of the year, John attempted to redeem the ticket at an authorized reseller.
However, there they told him that none of his numbers matched those that appeared on the winning live draw ticket. Then John realized it the live draw numbers differed from those on the website.
The ticket Cheeks bought. Photo: 4WashingtonThe numbers John saw on the Powerball page would be there for at least three days.
To solve this problem grey In the case, John showed up at the Washington DC Lottery and Gaming Office’s prize center to explain what happened. Unfortunately for him, he was again told that there had been a mistake; that he was not the winner.
They advised him to throw the banknote in the garbage, but Guance, on the contrary, He immediately put it in a safety deposit box..
The screenshot of the Powerball site with its numbers. Photo: 4WashingtonIn November 2023, Iowa Lottery officials blamed “human reporting error” for posting the incorrect numbers.
The complaint: the case remains to be seen
John filed a complaint against Powerball and the DC Lottery in November last year
His lawyer, Richard Evanshe said a lottery contractor told Cheeks Taoti Enterprisesthe digital advertising firm that runs the DC Lottery website, had committed a “mistake” posting the wrong numbers. “I haven’t seen any evidence to support this yet.“Evans said.
The lawyer tries to think that everything that happened is true and now wonders “what to do about it”. He feels Cheeks should be compensated somehow..
Cheeks is waiting for a response. Photo: 4WashingtonThe award, which amounted to 754.6 million before anyone else claimed it, was withdrawn on February 6.
Source: Clarin
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