$340 million lottery winner refused jackpot over mistake

A guy from Washington, John Cheeks, thought he won $340 million in the lottery using his family's birth dates as numbers.

He checked the website and saw his numbers, but they were wrong. He got no prize. The lottery's site had a mistake. He's suing them now.

The jackpot grew to $754.6 million, and someone else won it. Other lotteries had similar mistakes, but smaller prizes were still given out.
 
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