A Mega Millions winner who claims he had both winning tickets for a $394 million jackpot is suing the California Lottery, claiming he only received half of the total prize.

In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, December 6, and obtained by PEOPLE, Faramarz Lahijani claims that despite purchasing two lotteries, he only received half of the lottery’s approximately $394 million prize for the drawing on December 8, 2023 Win Mega Millions tickets.

The complaint alleges that Lahijani is “entitled to the entire jackpot,” including the $197 million winnings from the second ticket, which he “has been unable to locate” since the drawing. According to the complaint, both tickets were purchased at a Chevron gas station in Encino, California.

Lahijani claims he won the overall jackpot with both tickets using the same numbers he has had for 30 years – 21, 26, 53, 66, 70 and the mega number 13. He says he has had the same ones regularly for 30 years Numbers used when playing the lottery and they were chosen by his children “a long time ago”.

The lawsuit also states that the California Lottery determined “that the matching tickets were the only matching tickets for the December 8, 2023 Mega Millions drawing with a jackpot of approximately $394 million,” Lahijani claims further that the California Lottery “is in possession of sufficient information to confirm” that he was the purchaser of both matching tickets and “the sole and rightful winner of the Mega Millions Lottery Jackpots of $394 Million as of December 8, 2023” is.

According to the lawsuit, Lahijani filed a claim for the second winning ticket with the California Lottery on Dec. 4, just before the Dec. 8 deadline to file a claim. He then filed the complaint “out of an abundance of caution.” ” the document says.

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A spokesperson for the California Lottery told PEOPLE in a statement: “It would not be appropriate for the California Lottery to comment on an ongoing lawsuit or litigation in order to protect the integrity of the process in question.”