CLEVELAND — The result of the third of five Vax-a-Million drawings will be broadcasted live on Wednesday at 7:29 p.m. on News 5.
News 5 will also stream the announcement on our Facebook page, the News 5 mobile app, the News 5 channel on Roku, Amazon Fire and other connected devices, and our website in the livestream player below at 7:29 p.m:
This week’s drawing included 3,362,203 adult entries in the drawing for $1 million, and 143,604 Ohioans age 12 to 17 entered for a college scholarship.
This week marks an increase of 136,414 adult entries and 10,701 scholarship entries from the previous week.
The results of the drawing were provided to the Ohio Department of Health to verify winners ahead of Wednesday’s drawing.
The Vax-a-Million program, which is being run by the Ohio Lottery and the Ohio Department of Health, is awarding one vaccinated adult Ohio resident with $1 million each Wednesday for five weeks. This is the third week and third Vax-a-Million drawing. The names of the winners will be announced live on-air during a special Ohio Lottery broadcast on News 5 Cleveland at 7:29 p.m. each Wednesday.
The winner of a full-ride scholarship to an Ohio university will also be announced Wednesday night; that winner is drawn from a pool of vaccinated Ohioans aged 12-17.
Visit our Vaccinating Ohio page for the latest updates on Ohio's vaccination program, including links to sign up for a vaccine appointment, a map of nearby vaccination sites, a detailed breakdown of the state's current vaccine phase, and continuing local coverage of COVID-19 vaccines in Northeast Ohio.
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