$10M in cash prizes, scholarships available in Illinois vaccine lottery

Illinois vaccine lottery offers $10M in cash prizes, scholarships

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a new $10 million promotion that will reward vaccinated Illinoisans by automatically entering them into a series of cash and scholarship lotteries with prizes up to $1 million.

CHICAGO - If you get your first COVID vaccine shot today, you have a shot at winning $1 million.

It's part of the state's "All In For The Win" lottery events for residents who have gotten at least one shot.

There's a total of $7 million in cash prizes for adults and $3 million in youth scholarships.

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The debut of a $1 million prize and three $150,000 dollar scholarships is on July 8.

All Illinoisians who have gotten one shot will automatically be enrolled.

The drawings will include weekly $100,000 cash prizes and regional lotteries to ensure people from every part of the state are among the winners.

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The promotion is slated to run until Aug. 26. On that date, two million-dollar cash prizes and 17 scholarship awards will be drawn.

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) says it will continue to check their records before each drawing. Once a resident is entered, they will remain eligible for all future drawings, unless they win.

To view the complete drawing schedule or to learn more about the promotion, visit allin.illinois.gov.