The wildly popular 'Queen of Hearts' game has been suspended indefinitely by Grayton Road Tavern pending the outcome of a review by the office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.
The move comes less than a week before the contest was scheduled to resume.
In a statement sent out by Grayton Road Tavern on Thursday, owner James Page writes, "We are temporarily pausing the Queen of Hearts game while we await an opinion from the State of Ohio Attorney General’s office or a decision from a court regarding the continuation of the game. We appreciate everyone’s patience while this matter progresses through the legal system."
Page adds that anyone who purchased tickets for next week's drawing will be contacted by the information that was placed on the ticket for a full refund.
Grayton Road Tavern was the center of plenty of attention during the winter as the Queen of Hearts jackpot soared to over $5 million dollars, before the lucky number was drawn in March.
Here's how the game works: The Queen of Hearts is hiding somewhere on a board of numbered playing cards. Each week, one player gets the chance to guess number they believe the Queen of Hearts is located behind. If she's found, that player gets the jackpot.
You don’t have to be there when the drawing takes place. The only requirements are that you fill out your full name, phone number and the number of the card that you want pulled.
The bar gives the winner 90 percent of the winnings, and the other 10 percent goes to starting the next round.
In this case, $550,000 was to go towards getting that next round underway at Grayton Road Tavern starting next week.
It is unclear when the Attorney General's office will make a ruling.
Chris Tye and Dave DeNatale discussed this development on WKYC's Facebook Live. You can watch in the player below:
You can read the entire statement from Grayton Road Tavern below: