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- A man who claims to have won $340 million has sued the DC Lottery after being told it was a mistake.
- John Cheeks says he saw his numbers listed on DC Lottery's website in January 2023, but a contractor said they were published in error.
- For a while, two sets of "winning" numbers were listed on the website.
A man has sued the DC Lottery after being told what he thought was a $340 million win was actually a mistake.
John Cheeks spent $6 buying two rows of numbers for the Powerball on January 6, 2023, a lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia says.