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Boro_Interlinked

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

"I know the justice system will prevail," he says - but the lottery claims to have posted his numbers in error.
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A US guy is suing for $340m because the lottery company published the wrong numbers on their website for 3 days after the draw and they matched his ticket and he later found out its wrong when he went to the big hq for lottery wins in order to claim.

Not sure he has an actual case here. The correct numbers were published and known everywhere else apart from this error on the website for 3 days due to some technical work being done.

Surely if he just approached the company under a private communication and made a claim for like 100,000 or 200,000 dollars to keep it out of the press and the courts they might have agreed and sent him away happy. No , he just wants 340m which his ticket wasn't entitled to.
 
well thats my point, cant see him winning anything in court let alone 340m but if he had put the pressure on in a pricate way in saying look you made me think for 3 days I had a 340m win then pretty sure he could have got some 6 figure sum. But the court will rule his wrong tix numbers are not due jack shxt
 
Boro_Interlinked said:
well thats my point, cant see him winning anything in court let alone 340m but if he had put the pressure on in a pricate way in saying look you made me think for 3 days I had a 340m win then pretty sure he could have got some 6 figure sum. But the court will rule his wrong tix numbers are not due jack shxt
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Red bull paid out 13 mil on telling people it gave them wings

So never rule anything out in us legal cases.

He’ll be claiming for stress etc
 
Norman_Conquest said:
Did the guy ever get his Jump Jet off Pepsi?


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Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc. - Wikipedia

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Yes and no

A 23-year-old student saw an opportunity and raised $700,000 from investors to buy the points, expecting to receive the jet. Pepsi refused to deliver the jet, claiming it was meant as a joke, leading to a lawsuit that was ultimately ruled in favor of Pepsi.

Pepsi though did offer to pay $750,000 but he refused.
 
Jedi boro said:
Yes and no

A 23-year-old student saw an opportunity and raised $700,000 from investors to buy the points, expecting to receive the jet. Pepsi refused to deliver the jet, claiming it was meant as a joke, leading to a lawsuit that was ultimately ruled in favor of Pepsi.

Pepsi though did offer to pay $750,000 but he refused.
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The Netflix programme on this was really interesting, Pepsi didn't come out of it looking good.
 
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