More Michigan COVID Vaccine Lottery Winners To Be Announced

LANSING, MI — More winners of Michigan's COVID-19 vaccine lottery will be announced this week.

Protect Michigan Commission Director Kerry Ebersole Singh, Michigan native and MTV's Real World: New York cast member Norman Korpi and Miss Michigan 2021 Vivian Zhong of Northville will announce the next round of winners of $50,000 daily drawings in the MI Shot To Win Sweepstakes during a news conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

The winners, who were selected July 7-17, represent almost every region of the state including Detroit, southeast Michigan, West Michigan, mid-Michigan and northern Lower Michigan, officials said.

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Friday is the deadline for unvaccinated Michiganders to get one of the three COVID-19 immunizations that will qualify them for the Sweepstakes’ remaining $50,000 cash giveaways as well as the top prize of a $2 million drawing.

As of Monday, the MI Shot To Win Sweepstakes has received a total of more than 2.2 million applicants for the grand prizes since it began July 1, with nearly 98,000 young Michiganders signed up for the college scholarship drawing.

Officials said the goal of the public outreach campaign is to provide incentives to Michiganders to get a COVID-19 vaccination. The state had previously set a goal of having 70 percent of eligible people vaccinated by Labor Day. As of Thursday, 62.9 percent of Michigan residents age 16 and older have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccinations.

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The MI Shot To Win Sweepstakes giveaway includes $5 million in total prizes, including 30 daily prizes of $50,000, a $1 million prize and a $2 million prize. For those receiving vaccines ages 12 to 17, there are nine four-year college scholarships.