Ohio ends incentive lottery with mixed vaccination results
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSJune 24, 2021 GMT
The state’s not alone in mixed results for prize giving.
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s May 12 announcement of the incentive program had the desired effect, leading to a 43% boost in state vaccination numbers over the previous week. But numbers of vaccinations have dropped since then.
“Clearly the impact went down after that second week,” DeWine acknowledged Wednesday.
Multiple other states followed Ohio’s lead, including Louisiana, Maryland, and New York state, with the impact on vaccinations hard to pin down.
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Under New Mexico’s “Vax 2 the Max” sweepstakes program, vaccinated residents could win prizes from a pool totaling $10 million. The rewards include a $5 million grand prize that will be drawn later this summer. The sweepstakes kept the vaccination rate from declining further but the initial boost was small. According to the governor’s offi
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