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You need to be an Ohio resident, vaccinated and 18 or older.  When are the lottery drawings? DeWine said drawings will be held for five consecutive Wednesdays, starting May 26, to pick the $1 million winners. Where are the winners coming from? DeWine said the winners will be pulled from the Ohio Secretary of States voter registration database. There will also be a way for those not in the database to sign up.  How do you know if you are eligible for the full-ride public college scholarships? ...

They are also handing out full college scholarships.

Ross: Looks like someone heard my vaccine lottery idea (Getty Images) Sometimes, when you spend years writing commentaries like this – which I’ve been doing since 1993 – you wonder if anyone’s listening. I figure I’ve solved each of the world’s problems at least three times, and yet here we are. But sometimes you break through. I shall now quote from myself from my commentary on May 3, in which I proposed a slam dunk stunt to get more people to seek out the vaccine: I believe that e...

They are also handing out full college scholarships.

By Dave Basner May 13, 2021 A recent study by the UCLA COVID-19 Health and Politics Project showed that people would be more willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine if they received a cash payment between $25 and $100 for doing it. Well one state took that to a whole new level by instead offering people one million dollars to get vaccinated. Its Ohio and they plan to pick the names of five residents who received the vaccine and give them a mil. Theyre calling it "Ohio Vax-a-Million" and the money f...

  Share Source: AP Photo/Tony Dejak Earlier this week, we wrote about some jurisdictions efforts to encourage vaccinations among the hesitant, including free booze and relatively small direct payments. In passing, we mentioned the idea of "creating a lottery wherein a lucky vaccine recipient will have a chance to win a large pot of money (which more or less turns peoples inherent weakness at comprehending odds or assessing risk into a force for good)." That suggestion had been floating around...

You need to be an Ohio resident, vaccinated and 18 or older.  Is anyone not eligible for the drawings? “There will be a briefing next week with health and lottery officials that will lay out the terms and conditions of the contest,” DeWine spokesman Dan Tierney said Thursday. He added more details about the rules for the drawing will be released next week. When are the lottery drawings? DeWine said drawings will be held for five consecutive Wednesdays, starting May 26, to pick the $1 milli...

They are also handing out full college scholarships.

By Dave Basner May 13, 2021 A recent study by the UCLA COVID-19 Health and Politics Project showed that people would be more willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine if they received a cash payment between $25 and $100 for doing it. Well one state took that to a whole new level by instead offering people one million dollars to get vaccinated. Its Ohio and they plan to pick the names of five residents who received the vaccine and give them a mil. Theyre calling it "Ohio Vax-a-Million" and the money f...

By Dave Basner May 13, 2021 A recent study by the UCLA COVID-19 Health and Politics Project showed that people would be more willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine if they received a cash payment between $25 and $100 for doing it. Well one state took that to a whole new level by instead offering people one million dollars to get vaccinated. Its Ohio and they plan to pick the names of five residents who received the vaccine and give them a mil. Theyre calling it "Ohio Vax-a-Million" and the money f...