Uo-date for final week:
For the final Ohio Vax-a-Million drawing, 3,469,542 vaccinated adults entered for a chance to win $1 million, and 154,889 vaccinated youth entered for a chance to win a college scholarship. This is an increase of 41,028 adult entries and 4,702 youth entries over last week.
Ohio Vax-A-Million’s newest winners joined Governor DeWine Thursday morning to discuss why they chose to be vaccinated and their excitement of being selected during this week’s drawing.
Esperanza Diaz from Cincinnati won the final week’s $1 million prize, and Sydney Daum from Brecksville in Cuyahoga County won the college scholarship prize.
“I got the Pfizer vaccine, and I didn’t have any side effects, I was completely OK,” said Diaz. I would recommend it to everyone. I think it can save a lot of lives.”
“We were always planning to get her vaccinated, but we were going to wait later in the summer to have her fully vaccinated by the time school started,” said Jennifer Daum, Sydney’s mother. “When (Governor DeWine) announced Vax-a-Million we thought this would be a good time to do it now, and we did, and we can’t believe it paid off.”
For week four of Ohio Vax-a-Million drawing, 3,428,514 vaccinated adults entered for a chance to win $1 million, and 150,187 vaccinated youth entered for a chance to win a college scholarship. This is an increase in 66,311 adult entries and 6,583 youth entries over the previous week.
Ohio Vax-A-Million’s newest winners joined Governor DeWine Thursday morning to discuss why they chose to be vaccinated and their excitement of being selected during this week’s drawing.
Suzanne Ward from Findlay in Hancock County won this week’s $1 million prize, and Sean Horning from Cincinnati won this week’s college scholarship prize.
“I did not have any hesitation when my age group came up to get vaccinated,” said Ward. “I would encourage anybody to get vaccinated. I think it’s the smart thing to do from a health perspective.”
“I always knew it was the best for everyone,” said Lina Horning, who is Sean’s mother and experienced having COVID-19. “I encouraged my son to do it for the safety of our community and everyone.”
Week 1:
Abbigail Bugenske, 22, of Silverton.
Joseph Costello, 14, of Englewood, won the college scholarship.
Week 2:
Jonathan Carlyle, of Toledo
Zoie Vincent, of Mayfield Village won the college scholarship.
Week 3:
Mark Cline, of Richwood.
Sheffield Lake 13-year-old Sara Afaneh from Sheffield Lake won the college scholarship.
Week 4:
Suzanne Ward, of Findlay
Sean Horning, of Cincinnati won the college scholarship.
There is one more Ohio Vax-a-Million drawing left and Governor DeWine encouraged all eligible Ohioans to get vaccinated and enter to win. For more information and to enter, visit ohiovaxamillion.com. Ohioans 18 and older who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine can enter to win a $1 million prize. Ohioans ages 12-17 who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine can enter to win a four-year college scholarship to any Ohio state college or university.
Gov. DeWine’s Vax-a-Million lottery is primarily a professionally executed marketing campaign for vaccine participation.
The prize winners must possess qualities of physical attractiveness, likability and composure which would be found in any equivalent product ad campaign.
They must be ready to speak genuinely and coherently during their interview with DeWine and subsequent media exposure.
Their positive demeanor and glowing affirmations of the vaccination experience are integral to this Vax-a-Million marketing campaign.
A random drawing from among the entire pool of Ohio residents who qualified and entered the Vax-a-Million lottery would not yield this string of winners.
The pool of entrants must first be reduced to include only individuals with the attributes required for the marketing campaign.
The actual draw for the winners is made from this narrower pool.
The majority of entrants never had a chance for inclusion in the final draws.
The results we have seen are the proof.