Ohio Vax-a-Million lottery opens: 'We got to protect ourselves with a little bit of greed' âIf weâre not going to protect ourselves with love, then we got to protect ourselves with a little bit of greed," said physician Dr. O'Dell Owens. and last updated 2021-05-18 20:57:19-04 Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans sign up Tuesday for the stateâs Vax-a-Million sweepstakes, a first-of-its-kind lottery that only people vaccinated against COVID-19 can enter. Interested? You can enter your own name at ohiovaxamillion.com or by calling 1-833-427-5634. Vax-a-Million will award five separate prizes of $1 million to its winners, whose names will be announced every Wednesday starting May 26. The payout comes from Ohioâs CARES Act pandemic recovery funds.