Getting vaccinated can pay off big in New York City. Lottery tickets to win up to $ 5 million will be distributed to adults who get the vaccine.
The operation, launched by Governor Andrew Cuomo, will take place from May 24 to 28 in ten vaccination centers. In addition to protecting yourself from Covid, the odds of winning an award are 1 in 9, the governor boasted. In-game payouts will range from $ 20 to $ 2,000, 5,000, 20,000, 50,000 and a maximum of $ 5 million.
If the method can make you smile, the objective of the operation “Vax and Scratch” is very serious since it is a question of relaunching the vaccination campaign, in decline. According to the governor, the number of people receiving the serum has fallen by 43%.
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“The people most willing to be vaccinated came first. Now we come to that part of the population that is not only not impatient but is probably going to need an incentive to take the plunge and get vaccinated. And then, after you have a part of the population that is just anti-vaccine, ”detailed Andrew Cuomo, quoted by the New York Post.
According to figures cited by the American media, New York has administered more than 17.8 million doses of the vaccine, or 62% of adults in the state have received at least one injection.
Lotteries all over the country
Andrew Cuomo didn’t invent anything. Ohio was the first state to launch special vaccination lotteries. Maryland also followed suit, offering a lottery to residents of the state who have had or will be vaccinated. Each day, a winner will be drawn and will take home 40,000 dollars. This, until July 4, national holiday.
More modestly, other states encourage vaccination by offering beers, pizzas, burgers or even seats for sporting events.
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