Massachusetts adults who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will get a shot at one of five $1-million prizes, while kids between 12 and 17 could get $300,000 injected into their 529 college funds, under a program unveiled today to try to convince people who don't think the threat of death or long hauling is quite enough of a reason to get vaccinated.
The state says registration will begin sometime between now and July 1. Every week for five weeks starting July 1, the state will draw an adult and a teen winner.
Do I have to be vaccinated before I submit my entry or before the drawing takes place?
Yes. You must be fully vaccinated prior to submitting your entry. This means you must have received two doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or one dose of J&J.
No word if they'll be bringing Dawn Hayes back to read the winning names on TV.
The site has a helpful link to the Massachusetts Problem Gambling Helpline for people who might sign up because of a gambling addiction.
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Is this being funded by the state lottery?
By tblade
Tue, 06/15/2021 - 11:57am
I could not discern where the funds for the prize money is coming from.
EDIT:
Found it.
https://www.mass.gov/news/commonwealth-launches-ma...
Thanks, Adam...
By Kaz
Tue, 06/15/2021 - 11:58am
Thanks a pantsload, mate.
Tell the whole world, why don't ya?
If it's any consolation, Kaz...
By Lecil
Tue, 06/15/2021 - 1:08pm
...I was vaxxed out of state, an apparently this makes me ineligible, so that's one fewer entries for you to compete against.
Score!
By Kaz
Tue, 06/15/2021 - 1:02pm
I have a coworker in the same boat. Two down, 3,706,102 to go!
I want the same odds the
By anon
Tue, 06/15/2021 - 12:15pm
I want the same odds the teens get. I call ageism.
So...
By lbb
Tue, 06/15/2021 - 2:40pm
...you want a scholarship? ;-)
Dawn Hayes was 30 years ago?
By Dave
Tue, 06/15/2021 - 4:17pm
Dawn Hayes was 30 years ago?
Cripes.
And the winner is....
By Gary C
Tue, 06/15/2021 - 4:58pm
According to her Linked-in page, she did the lottery for 16 years, from August 1988 to August 2004.
18 and under
By anon
Tue, 06/15/2021 - 5:19pm
By law are not eligible to play the lottery so I am not sure that making the prize scholarship funds is legal.
Vax'n'Scratch
By FakeBostonCharlie
Tue, 06/15/2021 - 9:26pm
Make it a scratch-off ticket.
They'll be lined up for blocks to get their shot.
For a week at most
By roadman
Tue, 06/15/2021 - 10:26pm
Then most people will figure out that the odds of winning more than the face value of the ticket are awful. But the tickets will be still hanging on the rack at every gas station and convenience store in the state for the next three years, until the Lottery finally figures out that the game should have been cancelled and the tickets recalled a long time ago. In other words, like every other scratch game in the state.
So basically...
By Don't Panic
Wed, 06/16/2021 - 1:02am
A free Megabucks ticket for evey week in July for using common sense and taking care of yourself. Not a bad deal.
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