OHIO — Winners for the first round of Ohio’s Vax-a-Million lottery will be announced Wednesday night at approximately 7:29 p.m. Officials began drawing names Monday for one of five $1 million prizes or full-ride scholarships.
In order to have entered, participants must be an Ohio resident and received either the Johnson & Johnson vacccine or at the least the first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. Residents must have been 18 or older to enter the lottery for one of five $1 million prizes, and those who entered for full-ride scholarships had to be between 12- to 17-years-old.
If someone is found to not have gotten the vaccine but falsified the information in the drawing, the participant will be disqualified and another winner will be picked.
More than 1 million residents have entered the lottery since it was announced last week. Winners will be announced Wednesday at approximately 7:29 p.m. for the next five weeks, with the last winner being announced on June 23. Participants only had to enter their information once to be eligible for all five drawings.
Individuals can still register for a chance to win one of the next four prizes by clicking here or calling 1-833-4-ASK-ODH (1-833-427-5634).
The lottery is a public outreach campaign by the Ohio Department of Health to get residents vaccinated.
Since the lottery announcement nearly two weeks ago, vaccinations are up more than 63%. More than 261,000 first-dose shots were distributed between May 13 to 24, which is an increase from the 160,000 jabs the week before, according to state data.
