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When John Cheeks checked his Powerball numbers the day after the Jan. 7, 2023, drawing, he saw them listed as the winning combination on the DC Lottery's website, with a $340 million jackpot at stake. "I got a little excited, but I didn't shout, I didn't scream," the DC man tells NBC Washington. He notes that he called a friend, then "took a picture as he recommended, and that was it. I went to sleep." Now, however, lottery officials say those numbers appeared on the website in error, and Cheeks is suing for what he says are his rightful winnings, mistake or no.