Definitely he is owed something since those numbers were published publicly as being the right numbers.
But they weren’t the actual winning numbers drawn.
And what were the winning numbers? What if someone won and thought they lost and threw out the ticket?
Don’t they double check these things? Hey, aren’t lottery draws typically televised so you get to see the numbers as they’re drawn?
Then the bookie...err...Powerball should publicly publish his name notifying him that he has LOST $340 million, and he is expected to bring them a check.
Why is that? I assume there are rules that only those numbers chosen through whatever the official procedure is are the official numbers. Also no negligence claim because no damages: If he wasn’t the bona fide winner, he isn’t damaged by not paying. I play and I certainly feel for the guy, but if the lottery’s story as presented in the article is factually true, he shouldn’t get a dime
No, he is owed nothing. If he reads the rules, he will find out that the Powerball lottery is not responsible for misreporting of the numbers, that the numbers drawn in the televised drawing ARE the NUMBERS.
“published” yes...but they were not the numbers publicly drawn ...which is on video.
Not sure he has any grounds to recover due to a typo
on a published document that made him “think” he won...even though the disappointment would be huge.
What would have happened without the mistake? Claimant would have gotten zilch because his numbers didn`t win. So the mistake caused absolutely no material damage. He must be gutted though, believing (albeit for a short time) that he was rich. Maybe there`s a possibility to give him some small compensation for that. Everybody knows (or should know) you can`t take a lottery ticket to the bank.