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Get vaccinated, win $1 million? It's possible if you live in Ohio
WLWT Digital Staff
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Get vaccinated, win $1 million? It's possible if you live in Ohio
ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED. >> IT鈥橲 KIND OF MIND BLOWING. >> I WAS ASTONISHED. HELENA: IT鈥橲 NEWS THAT HAS THE WHOLE CITY TALKING. >> I THINK IT鈥橲 A GREAT OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY FOR PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED BUT TO MAKE MONEY, SO IT鈥橲 ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL. HELENA: GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE ANNOUNCING A NEW MAJOR INCENTIVE. FIVE WEEKLY LOTTERY-STYLE DRAWINGS INCLUDING THE NAMES OF VACCINATED OHIOANS RESIDENTS 18 OR OLDER AND HAVE AT LEAST ONE SHOT. EACH WINNER GETS $1 MILLION. >> I WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT ACTUALLY BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. I鈥橫 ACTUALLY VACCINATED. HELENA: OTHERS AREN鈥橳 AS ENTHUSED. >> YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULDN鈥橳 BE INCENTIVIZED TO GET SOMETHING FOR HEALTH PURPOSES AND ALSO IF DEWINE IS GOING TO BE GIVING MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED LIKE WHERE IS THIS MONEY COMING FROM. HELENA: DEWINE SAID IT鈥橪L BE PAID USED FEDERAL CORONAVIRUS FUNDS. AND HE鈥橲 NOT LIMITING A MONEY PRIZE EXCLUSIVELY TO ADULTS. THOSE VACCINATED 17 YEARS AND UNDER WILL ALSO BE ENTERED INTO A DRAWING AND THE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A FULL, FOUR YEAR SCHOLARSHIP TO STATE OF OHIO UNIVERSITIES. >> I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE PEOPLE ACTUALLY WILLING TO DO IT. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE KIND OF NERVOUS ABOUT IT HELENA: DEWINE SAID THIS INCENTIVE PROGRAM MIGHT HAVE PEOPLE WONDERING WHY? CALLING IT A WASTE OF MONEY. HE SAYS WHAT鈥橲 A WASTE AT THIS POINT IS THE PANDEMIC. >> I GOT MY FIRST DOSE ALREADY SO I鈥橫 EXCITED TO GET MY SECOND DOSE AND ENTER THIS LOTTERY ROLE, LIKE HAHA HELENA: THE FIRST DRAWING FOR THE TWO SEPARATE LOTTERIES WILL BE MAY 26 AND MAY 18 AND AND ON
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Get vaccinated, win $1 million? It's possible if you live in Ohio
WLWT Digital Staff
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Video above: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announces $1 million lottery to increase vaccination rateAny Ohioan who has received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine is eligible to win $1 million, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Wednesday.Five Ohioans will be chosen at random in five separate weekly drawings. The first drawing will be held on May 26, with four consecutive drawings held each Wednesday that follows."The pool of names for the drawing will be derived from the Ohio Secretary of State鈥檚 publicly available voter registration database," Gov. Mike DeWine announced. "Further, we will make available a webpage for people to sign up for the drawings if they are not in a database we are using."The Ohio Department of Health will be the sponsoring agency for the drawings, and the Ohio Lottery will conduct them. The money will come from existing federal coronavirus relief funds.To be eligible to win, you must be at least 18 years of age or older on the day of the drawing. You must be an Ohio resident. And, you must be vaccinated before the drawing."I know that some may say, 'DeWine, you鈥檙e crazy! This million-dollar drawing idea of yours is a waste of money.' But truly, the real waste at this point in the pandemic 鈥� when the vaccine is readily available to anyone who wants it 鈥� is a life lost to COVID-19," the governor said. Additional details on the incentive will be made available in weeks ahead. Additionally, the governor announced that five people 17 years old and under will be eligible to win a full four-year scholarship if vaccinated. On May 18, an electronic portal will be opened up for young people who have been vaccinated to be able to register.One student will be randomly selected each Wednesday for five weeks as well, the governor announced, receiving a full scholarship 鈥� including tuition, room and board and books 鈥� to an Ohio university.

Video above: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announces $1 million lottery to increase vaccination rate

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Any Ohioan who has received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine is eligible to win $1 million, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Wednesday.

Five Ohioans will be chosen at random in five separate weekly drawings. The first drawing will be held on May 26, with four consecutive drawings held each Wednesday that follows.

"The pool of names for the drawing will be derived from the Ohio Secretary of State鈥檚 publicly available voter registration database," Gov. Mike DeWine announced. "Further, we will make available a webpage for people to sign up for the drawings if they are not in a database we are using."

The Ohio Department of Health will be the sponsoring agency for the drawings, and the Ohio Lottery will conduct them.

The money will come from existing federal coronavirus relief funds.

To be eligible to win, you must be at least 18 years of age or older on the day of the drawing. You must be an Ohio resident. And, you must be vaccinated before the drawing.

"I know that some may say, 'DeWine, you鈥檙e crazy! This million-dollar drawing idea of yours is a waste of money.' But truly, the real waste at this point in the pandemic 鈥� when the vaccine is readily available to anyone who wants it 鈥� is a life lost to COVID-19," the governor said.

Additional details on the incentive will be made available in weeks ahead.

Additionally, the governor announced that five people 17 years old and under will be eligible to win a full four-year scholarship if vaccinated.

On May 18, an electronic portal will be opened up for young people who have been vaccinated to be able to register.

One student will be randomly selected each Wednesday for five weeks as well, the governor announced, receiving a full scholarship 鈥� including tuition, room and board and books 鈥� to an Ohio university.