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Related: About this forumNearly 500K residents have signed up for Michigan's vaccine lottery
Almost half a million Michigan residents signed up for the states vaccine sweepstakes within the first 24 hours, entering for a chance to win up to $2 million.
As of 8 a.m. Friday, July 2, the MI Shot To Win Sweepstakes had received 464,698 applications for the $2 million grand prize, according to Gov. Gretchen Whitmers office. Residents are eligible if theyre 18 or older and have gotten at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Additionally, 23,978 residents 12 to 17 years old had entered for a chance to win one of nine college scholarships, each valued at about $55,000. That drawing will be conducted Aug. 4.
Thursdays sweepstakes announcement and subsequent coverage generated nearly $1 million in free publicity about the giveaway and the importance of getting a COVID-19 vaccination, reads a statement from the governors office. .............(more)
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/07/nearly-500k-residents-have-signed-up-for-michigans-vaccine-lottery.html
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Nearly 500K residents have signed up for Michigan's vaccine lottery (Original Post)
marmar
Jul 2021
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WA-03 Democrat
(3,265 posts)1. Lord, why waste good money on bad
I say sell the doses to Canada and repay where ever you found the $2m in lottery money and fix your water pipes.
marmar
(78,002 posts)2. Part of the requirement for the lottery is to get vaccinated. I don't see that as a waste.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,265 posts)3. If you don't have the vax by now
You dont want one. They are anti-science and anti-life. The gift of life-it is not good enough? They want money more?
Mickey Lolich was my hero as a kid