John Crow is the TV host who calls the winning numbers for the Mega Millions lottery game. On Wednesday night, in front of millions of viewers and with $86 million hanging on his ability to read numbers, he failed epically.
Crow was doing fine until he got to the gold “money ball” — the last number drawn. For some inexplicable reason, Crow announced the money ball as a “6” when it was actually “9.”
You might say, “Well, anyone can make that mistake.” After all, the “9” is an upside-down “6,” and the only way you can tell them apart is the line drawn under the number. Give the guy a break, right?
But Crow is paid to get it 100% right, 100% of the time. And he failed.
Mega Millions, except in California, pays $2 prizes for tickets where the holder matches only the gold
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