The multistate Mega Millions lottery temporarily suspended prize payments this week after a snafu during the broadcast of Tuesday’s winning numbers. Announcer John Crow mistakenly called the gold Mega Ball as a 6, multiple media outlets reported. Statement from New York Lottery Processing of Mega Millions Tickets for 5/10/22 Drawing:⁰Following the 5/10/22 Mega Millions drawing, human error resulted in incorrect input of the winning numbers in New York State, resulting in an incorrect publishing of the Mega Ball. pic.twitter.com/1cEIMF3Fsi — New York Lottery (@newyorklottery) May 11, 2022The New York Lottery is working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. The Lottery has temporarily suspended prize payments for all Mega Millions tickets and all Mega Millions players should hold their tickets for the May 10, 2022 drawing until the issue is resolved.

Source: Huffington Post May 13, 2022 11:20 UTC