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A US man who thought he'd won $340 million in a lottery is suing the organisers and a website which published his numbers, it has said, by mistake. John Cheeks claimed that he spotted his numbers listed on the DC Lottery website on January 8, 2023, after purchasing a ticket for the Powerball drawing from the previous day. He claims his chosen numbers - a mix of family birthdays and other numbers of personal significance - were online for three days.
" But when he woke up, his dreams of fortune were immediately shattered. Mr Cheeks said that when he tried to claim the ticket, it was rejected, and he was met with another brick wall at the Washington office of lottery and gaming prize centre when an employee told him the ticket was "no good" and he should "just throw it in the trash can", adding: "You're not going to get paid. There's a trash can right there.