$40K VaxCash MD Lottery Prize Goes To Prince George’s Resident

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD —One Prince George’s County resident became $40,000 richer on Monday as Maryland Lottery’s $2 million VaxCash Promotion reached the halfway point of its 40-day run.

Monday’s $40,000 lottery prize winner is the fourth person selected from Prince George’s County. Although the identity and city of Monday’s winner has not been revealed, the past Prince George's County winners are from Upper Marlboro and Clinton.

To incentivize Marylanders to get the COVID-19 vaccination, the Maryland Lottery is awarding one vaccinated person per day a $40,000 prize every day from May 25 through July 3. And on July 4, a final drawing will be held to award one vaccinated person a $400,000 prize.

Winners will first receive a notification from the Maryland Department of Health, which will send each winner a "$2 Million VaxCash Promotion Authorization Form" that will allow the Maryland Department of Health to release information to the Maryland Lottery. Winners must sign and return the authorization form in order to accept the prize.

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Here is a list of winner locations through the first 21 drawings:

• May 25: Baltimore County
• May 26: Baltimore City
• May 27: Towson (Baltimore County)
• May 28: Glen Burnie (Anne Arundel County)
• May 29: North Potomac (Montgomery County)
• May 30: Upper Marlboro (Prince George’s County)
• May 31: Silver Spring
• June 2: Cecil County
• June 3: Clarksburg (Montgomery County)
• June 4: Elkridge (Howard County)
• June 5: Towson (Baltimore County)
• June 6: Indian Head (Charles County)
• June 7: Montgomery County
• June 8: Essex (Baltimore County)
• June 9: Prince George’s County
• June 10: Clinton (Prince George’s County)
• June 11: Potomac (Montgomery County)
• June 12: Annapolis (Anne Arundel County)
• June 13: Harford County
• June 14: Prince George’s County

Nineteen more $40,000 winners will be selected between June 15 through July 3.

Some of the past winners are grocery store workers, school janitors, and even COVID-19 survivors. Seth Elkin, assistant director of communications at Maryland Lottery, said, “We certainly hope the promotion is encouraging people who have not gotten their vaccination to go ahead and do so.”

All Maryland residents age 18 and older who have been vaccinated in Maryland are automatically registered into the lottery promotion. If you would like to get vaccinated, visit Maryland’s GoVax website to schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.

“There are still weeks of drawings left–including the big grand prize–so if you haven’t had a chance to get vaccinated yet, now is a great time,” said Gov. Larry Hogan in a Maryland Lottery press release.