Judge dismisses $320 million lawsuit for DC Lottery posting wrong Powerball numbers

Comment #17

dickblow — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:19:06 GMT

its all fixed

Comment #16

Hermanus104 — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 03:58:10 GMT

I believe most lottery websites have verbiage like, In the event of a discrepancy between the numbers posted and the numbers drawn, the latter shall prevail.

Comment #15

KY Floyd — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:16:20 GMT

he DC Lottery posted incorrect Powerball numbers on their website

he later altered his suit to specifically name Florida Powerball Lottery as the sole defendant

If he had a lawyer the lawyer must have been just as stupid as he is. For the sake of argument, let's pretend that if somebody posts incorrect numbers and you have a ticket with those numbers you're entitled to damages. What kind of idiot thinks an entity that conducted the drawing that resulted in the correct official winning nu... [ More ]

Comment #14

Artist77 — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:59:42 GMT

Not following. I cannot imagine any adult thinking they won with a ticket with numbers that do not match the drawn numbers.

Comment #13

Justing618 — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 01:43:38 GMT

If this ever happens to you. Make sure you keep the same energy. ....

Comment #12

noise-gate — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:34:22 GMT

* That's priceless. About 10 years ago a Dad sent his teenage son into a store to purchase either a scratcher or lottery ticket, because he was to lazy to get out of his idling vehicle. The purchase turned out to be a $5 million win. The lottery refused to pay out given that he was not 21, never read about the outcome, but l doubt they paid.

Comment #11

Artist77 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:30:13 GMT

John Cheeks????

I know it was someone else.

Comment #10

Bleudog101 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:08:30 GMT

What was the outcome or do I need not ask????

Remember the clowns when the Mississippi lottery started a few years ago? They taped two losing tickets together to make it look like a winning ticket. Play stupid games win stupid prizes.

Comment #9

Tony Numbers — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:47:14 GMT

I remember the story where somebody lost the winning ticket and tried to use the play-slip as proof that they played the winning numbers.

Comment #8

noise-gate — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:15:09 GMT

* Getting paid $300 million for a losing lottery ticket would have been historic, and it would have opened up the floodgates for more silly claims. Glad to see the judge shut this nonsense down.

Comment #7

Artist77 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:01:33 GMT

Standard for emotional distress is very high. Even if he had quit his job, far from being enough. You need doctor reports showing that it severely affected your daily functioning, psychological assessments. Inconvenience is not enough.

To be awarded a smaller amount, you still need a legal cause of action. You can claim the lottery is sending a family of Martians to camp in your yard every night. It does not make it true or create a legal cause of action.

Comment #6

LottoNoobie — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:51:56 GMT

Suing for $1.08 billion + $320 million. Even though he didn't have a winning ticket, I wonder if he could have been awarded a smaller amount. Like a cool $5-10 million for emotional distress.

Your honor, I was so excited when I found out I was a winner; I called and quit my job

Comment #5

Artist77 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:12:53 GMT

What concerns? Sloppiness, yes. Entitled to millions, no. Cheeks could have scanned his ticket and it is a bearer instrument and he bought the ticket after he saw the wrong numbers posted.

What would have been interesting is if the wrong numbers posted had caused someone to toss a jp winning ticket.

Comment #4

welington — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:50:54 GMT

Interesting case but keeping the wrong numbers displayed for days raises concerns

Comment #3

Artist77 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:25:39 GMT

Cheeks went pro se a while back. I am sure it was likely due to non payment to his attorney.

I have been following the cases and my understanding is that the DC lottery and MUSL ( and vendor?) actions are still pending but should be dismissed soon. Only the Florida lottery matter was dismissed. I have no clue why Cheeks included the Florida lottery as a party legal strategy wise.

Courts give pro se parties a lot of time to file and amend pleadings over and over so there is no cause ther... [ More ]

Comment #2

Bleudog101 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:11:54 GMT

Had forgotten all about 'this one'. Thanks for the update!

What an idiot. Now if this was a non-governmental lawsuit, say Google for instance, they, with their all mighty powerful Attorneys could countersue him.

Correct me if I'm wrong. Hasn't Cheeks been know to file frivolous lottery lawsuit (s) in the past? If so I have a quick solution, if feasible like casinos do. Ban him from playing

Comment #1

Tony Numbers — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:20:47 GMT

He checked his ticket on numbers posted incorrectly. When you scan the ticket the reader will reveal if the ticket is a winner.

Judge dismisses $320 million lawsuit for DC Lottery posting wrong Powerball numbers

Lottery Post — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:01:55 GMT

Would-be winner's demand of more than $1 billion in damages denied

By Kate Northrop

A judge dismissed a Washington, D.C. man's case against the lottery after the DC Lottery posted incorrect Powerball numbers on their website that he claimed would have won him a $320.6 million jackpot.

A Washington, D.C. man was sure he had won a $320.6 million Powerball jackpot when his ticket matched the numbers published on the DC Lottery's website, but the case was thrown out by a judge after the... [ More ]