COLUMBUS – The state will award the final prizes in the Vax-a-Million vaccination incentive lottery Wednesday night.
The Ohio Lottery conducted the final of five weekly drawings at the its draw studio in Cleveland Monday. The winners of the $1 million cash prize for adults and the college scholarship for teens will be announced at 7:29 p.m. Wednesday.
This week’s drawing included 347 million adult entries and 154,889 entrants between 12 to 17 years of age. That marks an increase of 41,028 adult entries and 4,702 scholarship entries from the previous week, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
More than 5.5 million Ohioans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, with more than 550,000 Ohioans beginning the vaccination process since May 13, the day following Gov. Mike DeWine’s announcement of Ohio Vax-a-Million.
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Two major Ohio business groups have announced their opposition to a GOP House bill that would prohibit public and private employers from requiring vaccinations or punishing workers who don’t receive them.
The legislation has attracted detractors of the coronavirus vaccine, but it covers all vaccines.
Speakers against the legislation before the House Health Committee Tuesday included Ross McGregor, representing the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association, and Keith Lake, vice president of Government Affairs for the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
Lake said the chamber believes employers should have the freedom to operate their businesses and to make decisions about protecting their workforce.