251 Winning Numbers Drawn During Washington's 2nd Vaccine Lottery

OLYMPIA, WA — The Washington State Lottery drew its second batch of "Shot of a Lifetime" winners Tuesday, randomly awarding prizes to more than 250 vaccinated adults and gifting a year of college tuition to 15 youth winners.

Starting Wednesday, lottery officials will work with the state Department of Health to match the random winning numbers with corresponding names and contact information listed in the statewide immunization database. Adult winners in the June 15 drawing were selected among 3,963,828 names, up nearly 60,000 from last week, officials said. More than 212,000 residents ages 12 to 17 were eligible to win tuition credits.

Here are the prizes that were up for grabs June 15:

• One $250,000 cash prize
• One pack of four OL Reign season tickets + a signed jersey
• One pack of four Seattle Sounders tickets + a signed jersey
• One pair of club level Seattle Mariners tickets good for Aug. 10
• Two pairs of Seattle Storm tickets for each of the last six games
• Five Nintendo Switch packs
• 20 camping gift cards for Washington State Parks
• 20 "Wild Bucks" vouchers from the Department of Fish & Wildlife
• 25 Amazon Echo Dots
• 75 Microsoft Xboxes
• 100 Discover Passes
• 15 youth winners to receive 100 Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) credits

After more than 100 prizes went unclaimed in the state's first drawing, lottery officials shared a few tips this week to make sure people do not miss out on their winnings:

• Officials calling from the lottery will most often have a 253 area code, but some phones will have a 564 number — the state's newest area code. Official prize emails will originate only from an address ending in "@doh.wa.gov."
• Winners have 72 hours to claim their prize, and the clock starts ticking as soon as the first call attempt happens. As the deadline nears, officials will also attempt to text winners, and send an e-mail if their address is on file.
• Washingtonians seeking help verifying that their vaccination records are in the state's database can call the COVID-19 hotline at 1-833-VAX-HELP.
• Beware of scammers: The state received some reports of scammers posing as lottery officials. The Attorney General's office shared several tips to avoid scammers Monday and encourages anyone suspicious of a call, text, or e-mail to contact the Washington State Lottery at 360-810-2888 to verify authenticity.

Any prizes that remain unclaimed after the 72-hour deadline will be added to the final drawing planned for July 13.

Here are the dates for the three remaining drawings:

• Tuesday, June 22 ($250K + other prizes/youth tuition)
  • Winners contacted between June 23 and June 25
• Tuesday, June 29 ($250K + other prizes)
  • Winners contacted between June 30 and July 2
• Tuesday, July 13 ($1 million grand prize + remaining prizes)
  • Grand prize winner contacted by the next day