By Kate Northrop
Ohio and Kentucky are trying new tactics to incentivize their residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, some of which involve a separate lottery for those who received a vaccine or a promotion to persuade individuals to get one.
States are trying to find ways to encourage people to get themselves and children vaccinated against the coronavirus. In one instance, Governor Phil Murphy in New Jersey announced earlier this month that "any New Jerseyan who gets their first vaccine dose in the month of May and takes their vaccination card to a participating brewery will receive a free beer."
Ohio and Kentucky are taking it a step further, offering a $1 million and $225,000 jackpot, respectively.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced the $1 million lottery drawing in his Statewide Address last night.
"Two weeks from tonight, on May 26th, we will announce a winner of a separate drawing for adults — adults who have received at least their first dose of the vaccine," DeWine revealed. "This announcement will occur each Wednesday for five weeks, and the winner each Wednesday will receive one million dollars. The pool of names for the Ohio Vaccine Million Drawing will be derived from the Ohio Secretary of State's publicly available voter registration database."
DeWine said in the address that the government will make a web page available for people to sign up for the drawings if they are not currently in a database that the government is using. Participants must be at least 18 years of age on the day of the drawing, must live in Ohio, and must be vaccinated before the drawing to be eligible to win.
The Ohio Department of Health will be the sponsoring agency for the drawings, and the drawings will be conducted by the Ohio Lottery. Money to finance the drawings will come from existing federal coronavirus relief funds.
"I know that some of you are shaking your head and saying, 'That Mike DeWine, he's crazy. This million-dollar drawing idea of yours is a waste of money,'" DeWine explained. "But truly, the real waste at this point in the pandemic, when the vaccine is readily available to anyone who wants it, the real waste is a life that is lost now to COVID-19."
DeWine also announced a separate drawing for children who have been vaccinated.
"Getting [younger people] vaccinated is so important that we will have a separate incentive for them," DeWine said. "Two weeks from tonight on Wednesday, May 26th, we will announce the winner of a drawing of all those 17-year-olds and under who have been vaccinated, and the winner will receive a full four-year scholarship to any one of our state universities. This will include tuition, room and board, and books."
Next Tues., May 18, the government will open an online portal for children who have been vaccinated to register. The lottery drawing will be conducted on Wednesdays for five consecutive weeks.
The Kentucky Lottery is running a similar promotion to encourage residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
On Monday, the Lottery released a press release detailing how players can get a free chance at taking home the $225,000 Kentucky Cash Ball jackpot.
Kentucky Cash Ball is a nightly draw game that offers a $225,000 top prize for matching four numbers and a Cash Ball number, with several other prize tiers of lesser value. The odds of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 1.309 million.
The promotion, which started on Monday, offers a coupon for a free Cash Ball ticket to those over the age of 18 who get their first or second COVID-19 vaccination dose at a participating Kroger or Walmart location. There are coupons available for a total of 225,000 free Cash Ball tickets.
"We hope that by literally injecting a little fun into the process, more people will get vaccinated," President and CEO of the Kentucky Lottery Mary Harville said in a press release. "This is good for Kentucky's businesses, it's good for the Kentucky Lottery, and it's good for Kentucky college students counting on us through the scholarship and grant programs funded by our proceeds."
"I hope this shot at $225,000 will be the incentive needed for more Kentuckians to get a vaccine," Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said. "Helping keep our Kentucky communities safe and a free chance at winning hundreds of thousands of dollars is a win-win for everyone involved. Thank you, Kentucky Lottery, Walmart and Kroger, for this fantastic example of Team Kentucky spirit."
Players can participate in the promotion by receiving a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at any Kentucky Kroger location that have either a pharmacy or Little Clinic or at all Kentucky Walmart locations that sell lottery tickets. Combined, there are over 170 of these locations across the state.
After receiving a dose of the vaccine at an eligible location, an individual will receive a coupon for a free Cash Ball ticket. The offer is active until all 225,000 free tickets run out or through next Fri., May 21, whichever comes first. The coupons for free tickets are redeemable at any Kentucky Lottery retailer between now and Jun. 1.
"At Kroger, Our Purpose is to Feed the Human Spirit, which means we are called to do more and help make the lives of those around us better," Kroger Louisville Division President Ann Reed said in a statement. "The importance of this has never been more apparent than over the past year. Our industry, as well as others, has stepped up to serve everyday throughout the pandemic, and our teams have truly been heroes."
According to Reed, Kroger has vaccinated over 200,000 Kentuckians, but she says there is still much work to do.
"When Governor Beshear reached out for support, Kroger was ready and willing to help," Reed continued. "Our long-time partners at the Kentucky Lottery have created a fun and innovative way to encourage even more Kentuckians to get their vaccine and have fun while doing it."
Harville explained that the Lottery's efforts are part of a bigger picture — to get the state to the point of re-opening as soon as possible so that residents can return to a degree of normalcy.
"Through this effort, we can work to reach that crucial mark of two-point-five million Kentuckians vaccinated and re-open our state," Harville concluded. "When that happens and restrictions are lifted, I know businesses will welcome back customers — and customers will feel safer being out and about."
I'm becoming real suspicious about this "vaccine". Why are they pushing so hard for a vaccine doesn't prevent you from getting or giving covid-19?
Mind control , Sick of hearing this companies for tool
"Why are they pushing so hard for a vaccine doesn't prevent you from getting or giving covid-19?"
Just a guess, but it looks like you have no idea how the Small Pox and other vaccinations work.
Read where Ohio is giving away five $1 million prizes and KY is giving away a chance to win something.
Hello Stack47 ,
A vaccination is a poison with a microchip in it and is used to depopulate us for the new world order agenda according to the guidestone in Georgia.
A lot of people have died and gotten injured from it.
You should read the small printed ingredients that are used to make a vaccine before you decide to get vaccinated.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is such a devil worshipping n pedophile monster who thinks the world is overpopulated wants to help us with his satanic patented injections !
Say No to a mark of the beast (vaccine) !
100% in agreement with you!! NO JAB FOR THIS ONE!!
I for one would be happy to out live my cats
and one is over 25!! ( not sure of people years conversion)............
WOW, what ignorance you have. Are you an anti-vaxxer??
A microchip in 0.5 ml in clear fluid...I've got a bridge for sale too.
I'm biased being retired medical 20 years US Army and 20 years in PICU not saying that makes me better, just have a broader based vision of things.
Also I am in the J & J vaccine trial. One of my Attending Physicians posted higher risk for getting blood clots with birth control high risk and cigarette smoking the highest.
No vaccine can necessarily prevent all infections, but are designed to lessen the severity if you do come down with Covid-19.
There's a hidden message if you have to pay someone $1,000,000 to protect themselves or better their community.
If you were born in the US, it is recommended that YOU be vaccinated for polio between 2 to 4 months & twice more before entering elementary school. Were you, if yes, why?
According to the uninformed- India is burning the dead to get a handle on the flu, right? As for the so called " Mark of the beast" they probably said that about the vaccine for polio as well.
* It would seem people living in the early 1900's were smarter than some living today, l wonder why that is?
Have a tin foil hat I could borrow?
l need a tin foil hat as well.
Last time I read : Former President Trump & his family took the Covid vaccine as well, l guess for " show." Meaning they received the mark of the beast as well. Where is Paula White when you need her, she could have warned 45.
You used the Internet to write this post. Might I suggest using it to understand more about the vaccine as well. That way your questions aren't just questions. have a blessed day
Hello sir and or madam,
I'm prince PP Man from Mars with a very great deal. You give me all your money and I'm pretty sure I can double it in no time at all. You sound like the exact person who would be interested in this great offer. I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon. Have a blessed weekend!
The message is not really hidden. Every Governor wants to be the first state in their area to report zero new cases of Covid, zero deaths and zero hospitalizations from Covid. You are never going to be that state if you still have people too lazy to go get the shot who are possibly still spreading the virus to others who are not vaccinated. This vaccine lottery will get some those people up off their couch with the dreams of being a millionaire, and it will get the state closer to heard immunity. There is no secret agenda. Just states competing with other states.
It's an incentive to get the shots or in some cases get the second shot and considering the negativity about getting vaccinated just on this thread, even the tin foil hat wearing people in Ohio will think about getting vaccinated.
Have some info on the vaccines, but I'm putting it on my blog and as usual all comments are welcome.
What about the risk of blood clots with the J & J vaccine?
From what I've read the problem was just with females.
I mean the one million does sound compelling. But you really don't have to shell out that much dough to motivate people. I don't plan on getting either shot. But I told myself I would if I was incentivized in some way.
Hello Noise-gate ,
I have never received a vaccine since I was born! Thanks to my educated mom !
Yes it is the mark of the beast.
Someday we will be forced to get vaccinated in order to buy foods, to receive medical help, and sell things according to the chapter of Revelation or else we get our heads cut by guillotines (which were ordered by former president barack obama behind our back, about 30 thousand guillotines and millions of bullets through the dept of rehabilitation services and they will be used at the fema concentration camps all over the USA, (check them out!) In order to depopulate us from 7 billion to 500 million to control Or elsewise the guide stones would not have existed in Georgia !
I have a plenty of information and pictures and testimonials of the victims and families of deceased loved people to prove but they are too many to post here...
Search for the information regarding to the dangers of getting injected with a poison in it.
P.s if you are born again and you become a temple of the living Father God , Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit abiding in you , and you get vaccinated , you become a defiled temple and He will destroy it ... meaning He wants nothing to do with the defiled temples (vaccinated children) ... that is what He says in the bible.
Think hard before you decide to get vaxxed ! Get 500 opinions before you get it !
Oh by the way , if you get injured by getting injected, you cant sue its manufacturers or doctors or hospitals Your insurance company wont cover it !
No liability insurance whatsoever from the manufacturers.
Why take it while you have an immune system that is inside you already
Thanks.
It's a social experiment
"Just a guess, but it looks like you have no idea how the Small Pox and other vaccinations work."
It's not like I didn't already know there are a lot of stupid and uninformed people out there, but the pandemic has been a real eye opener.
"It would seem people living in the early 1900's were smarter than some living today, l wonder why that is?"
Even 25 years ago there was far less opportunity for the gullible to be subjected to the massive amount of disinformation that comes from the favorite "news" sources of a lot of these people, and even platforms like facebook and youtube can be neutral but still serve skewed information to people based on the stuff they look at to start with. The problem with the algorithms used to suggest what to watch next is that they're feedback loops. You probably need to combine stupid and gullible, but it definitely takes social media for the nutjobs to start ranting about presidential guillotines.
"What about the risk of blood clots with the J & J vaccine?"
It's a lot like the risk of wearing your seat belt. If you don't wear a seat belt there's zero chance you'll suffer an injury because of the seat belt. Some people are stupid enough to focus on that and ignore the far greater chance that the seat belt will prevent some other injury. The root problem is mathematical and scientific illiteracy, and a general inability to reason. Case in point:
"I told myself I would if I was incentivized in some way."
I know it's a really strange concept, but could a vastly reduced chance of becoming very sick or dying be considered an incentive?
"if you are born again ... you become a defiled temple"
Okay, I'll bite. Which verse of the big book of fairy tales talks about vaccinations? And what does it say about vaccinations for people who were born right the first time?
Hello LG,
Forgive me but your answer is pretty eccentric. How so you ask? Well for one- you seem fascinated with these guide stones from Georgia. l confess l knew nothing of them until you broached the topic. l have no idea as to whether this is an attempt for it to be America's version of Stonehenge or what, but the founder of this thing is said to be closely aligned with Christian Rosenkreuz, the founder of the Rosicrucian Order, in that case, count me out. It would seem you in the same camp as Jake Angeli- also known as the "QAnon Shaman." Your thinking aligns with him.
In talking about the guide stones- you rub elbows with Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) who posts endorse a number of conspiracy theories, including one about the guidestones. Taylor Greene wrote, “That is all true. By the way, I’ve seen the Georgia guide stones.”
If only the guide stones could give you the winning lottery numbers...
This Jake.
There is a video out on search engines I had to re look up again, nothing to do with the lottery, and doctors explain around the world how this pandemic. The vaccine isn't a vaccine, it's a trial issue and everyone is falling for it.
Doctors warn not to take vaccine
It's been said " The truth hurts."
Whether it runs the gamut from politics to religion, it really does!
🤨😼
I found the post from one of my former Attending Physicians who is employed in my old stomping ground PICU...they are U of L employees whereas we weren't. Be that as it may here goes:
J & J Vaccine: 15 cases out of 7.98 million vaccines cases=0.00019% risk factor
Birth Control Pill: 50--1200 cases out of 1 million folks, risk factor 0.05%-0.12%
Smoking: 1.763 cases in 1 million smokers; risk factor 0.18%
Now I misspoke in my post...the risk of developing blood clots in Covid-19....165K cases for every one million infected. Risk factor: 16.5%.
You guys do what you want, IDGAD.
Now for any science minded folks out there....would you give Heparin for the Covid 19 cases???
We can either take the advice of the doctors and scientist at the CDC or we look for articles written by a “Forensic Psychiatrist” on a conspiracy website. I could only roll my eyes when he wrote “This pandemic is not a real medical pandemic”.
"nothing to do with the lottery,"
BINGO!
I will give you answer on social experiment , buy the book 911 to coronavirus Zach hubbard, very useful info
Ever since people could get high by growing stuff in their backyards, stroll down an aisle at a local pharmacy & self medicate on items on the shelves, the thinking has been : " Who needs doctors?"
What a dumpster fire.
The lottery is doing what corporations are doing. Their using this problem as a tool and it's not good. So sick of it and in everyone's faces. Just wrong.
"It would seem people living in the early 1900's were smarter than some living today, l wonder why that is?"
Here's another answer to that question, and its a lot funnier than what I said.