BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) – Governor John Bel Edwards is encouraging everyone in Louisiana to get vaccinated.
Starting Monday at noon, you can enter a lottery for a chance to win big cash prizes just for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
You can register online only after getting your first dose.
People who are 18 or older can win one of four 100k dollar cash prizes or the one million dollar grand prize.
Younger people, aged 12-17, can enter to win one of nine 100-thousand dollar scholarships.
With the delta variant spreading quickly in the United States, officials are urging people to get the shot.
Louisiana is sitting at only about 33 percent vaccinated. Those who have already received their vaccines can still enter.
To participate, Edwards said Louisiana residents must be able to prove they have taken at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose and they must register at https://shotatamillion.com/. They may also register by phone at 1-877-356-1511. Registration opens Monday, June 21 at noon.
A person only needs to sign up once to be entered into all five weeks of drawings, which will be handled by the Louisiana Lottery Corporation and paid with federal coronavirus relief aid.
The schedule for drawings are as follows:
JULY 14
- Prizes: One $100,000 cash prize and one $100,000 scholarship.
- Deadline to enter: July 9 at 11:59 p.m.
- Winner will be announced: July 16
JULY 21
- Prizes: One $100,000 cash prize and one $100,000 scholarship.
- Deadline to enter: July 16 at 11:59 p.m.
- Winner will be announced: July 23
JULY 28
- Prizes: One $100,000 cash prize and one $100,000 scholarship.
- Deadline to enter: July 23 at 11:59 p.m.
- Winner will be announced: July 30
AUGUST 4 (Two drawings)
- DRAWING 1 Prizes: One $100,000 cash prize and one $100,000 scholarship.
- DRAWING 1 Deadline to enter: July 30 at 11:59 p.m.
- DRAWING 1 Winner will be announced: August 6
- DRAWING 2 Prizes: $1 million grand prize and five $100,000 scholarships.
- DRAWING 2 Deadline to enter: July 31 at 11:59 p.m.
- DRAWING 2 Winner will be announced: August 6
If you would like further information regarding the COVID-19 vaccine initiative in Louisiana and vaccine availability, call the Vaccine Hotline at 1-855-453-0774.