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Powerball: US man sues lottery after being told $340M win is error

by simonswords82 on 2/20/24, 3:09 AM with 1 comments

  • by NetworkPerson on 2/20/24, 3:51 AM

    I could see a claim for emotional distress based on believing you had won this life changing thing. But on the other hand, anyone can buy a fake winning ticket to prank people and I’ve never heard of a suit moving forward for that.

    Course, I’m fairly pessimistic to the whole system and would rather see the lottery done away with as a whole.