No winner in Hagersville Lions Club ‘Catch the Ace’ game after jackpot grows to $1.49M – Hamilton | 24CA News
There’s nonetheless no grand prize winner following the week 44 Catch the Ace draw on the Hagersville, Ont. Lions Club.
The not-for-profit fundraiser’s prime prize ballooned to simply over $1.49 million, a brand new report for the sport as one other week passes with out seeing the ace of spades.
Just below 111,000 tickets had been offered previous to the Thursday night time draw, equating to about $738,000, additionally a brand new report.
The weekly winner picked up just below $148,000.
The newest model of the fundraiser, below OLG licence, began out with a deck of playing cards put into envelopes, rolled in a drum, after which numbered one to 252.
Each week, individuals within the progressive raffle purchase tickets for a draw promising a minimum of one automated winner, amassing 20 per cent of gross sales.
That victor then will get a shot at choosing a numbered envelope that might equate to a progressive jackpot that’s been constructed up every week with 30 per cent of ticket gross sales.
If the envelope comprises the ace of spades, they win the jackpot.
The Hagersville Lions Club and the Hagersville Rocks committee of the Hagersville Chamber of Commerce get 50 per cent of the cash coming for the fundraiser.
The Lions membership has been placing their money into a couple of native meals banks, whereas Rocks is giving its half to the West Haldimand Hospital and Healthcare Foundation.
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