Abbigail Bugenske of Silverton near Cincinnati is Ohio’s first million-dollar winner in a series of lotteries intended to encourage more people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Joseph Costello of Englewood near Dayton won a full college scholarship in the lottery for people under age 18 who’ve been vaccinated.
Amid dropping vaccine demand in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine announced the five weekly drawings of $1 million open to residents who’ve received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. The scholarship lottery for teenagers offers five full, four-year scholarships to a public university in Ohio – room and board included.
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