• @cogman
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    Communicating through official channels “This is the winner!” seems like it’s more of an issue for them. It’s not a 3rd party misreporting the numbers, it was the company itself publishing the winners itself.

    • Neato
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      1010 months ago

      Yeah. I wonder what the state laws say about official notification of lottery winners. There’s gotta be a regulation saying how you check what’s official to stop lawsuits.

      • @NateNate60
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        910 months ago

        Lottery websites usually have disclaimers on them telling you that the numbers displayed are not official. Only the numbers that were drawn live on television are official.

    • @Ledivin
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      10 months ago

      I wouldn’t be surprised to see him get something, but it’s not going to be anything massive. A few hundred grand at absolute most - I’d optimistically expect something in the 20-50k range.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        10 months ago

        I think 20-50K is the standard allotment that a reasonable person is expected to spend on hookers and blow on the day that they are informed they just won $340 million.