# Get vaccinated, win $1,000,000 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [May 13, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043 "2021-05-13T21:47:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/1 "2021-05-13T21:47:29Z")
Ohio governor Mike DeWine has announced a lottery to begin on May 26 and continue for five weeks. All adult Ohio residents who have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine are eligible to receive $1,000,000 in a weekly drawing. > **[Ohio to give five residents $1 million each in vaccine lottery](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ohio-lottery-covid-vaccine/)** > > The drawings began May 26 and will happen every Wednesday for the following four weeks. I hope this helps to overcome vaccine hesitancy. Let’s see who really wouldn’t take the vaccine for $1m. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/2 "2021-05-13T21:52:32Z")
It seems like a good idea and I wonder if other states will try the same approach. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/3 "2021-05-13T22:00:20Z")
This will be an interesting psychological experiment. Some anti-vaxxers will assuredly point to this as even more reason to avoid it–“they have to pay people to get it!”. If it gets vaccination rates above herd immunity then I’m probably for it but it sure seems like a waste of taxpayer money. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/4 "2021-05-13T22:28:14Z")
5 million is basically pocket change from the perspective of the government budget. Covid has already cost our economy trillions of dollars. If it helps boost vaccination rates to any significant degree, and hastens us to the end of the pandemic, it may be a worthwhile investment. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/5 "2021-05-13T22:36:06Z")
It’s also stimulus. If an Ohioan gets a million dollars, they are probably going to spend most of it in Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/6 "2021-05-13T22:39:28Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > If an Ohioan gets a million dollars, they are probably going to spend most of it in Ohio. How many pig farms does one man need? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/7 "2021-05-13T22:46:21Z")
I read a tweet that said: Vaccine lotteries are a good idea because the unvaxxed are bad at calculating probabilities by definition. I lol’d. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/8 "2021-05-13T23:48:50Z")
This is a great idea and I hope other states copy it. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/9 "2021-05-13T23:57:49Z")
If I won a million dollars I’m not spending a cent of it. Maybe in 30-40 years, I may still be in Ohio but maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/10 "2021-05-13T23:59:29Z")
Good joke, but OH is a business and tech center (also, geographically) and I don’t even know if I’ve met a farmer. I knew many more farmers on the East Coast. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/11 "2021-05-14T03:28:02Z")
And for minors, the lottery will include a free ride to any of the state schools in Ohio. > **[Ohio Woman Wins A Million Dollars For Being Vaccinated](https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/05/13/996445109/ohio-raises-the-stakes-to-boost-vaccinations-offers-5-1-million-drawings)** > > She won the first of five lottery drawings intended to boost vaccination levels in the state. People over 18 are eligible. Those under 18 can enter five drawings for full college scholarships. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/12 "2021-05-14T03:52:22Z")
You’re absolutely right and I’m bad at getting my point across. It’s a waste because Ohio wouldn’t have to do it if the damn knuckleheads would just get vaccinated. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/13 "2021-05-14T09:56:14Z")
Most people who worry the vaccines may represent a health risk are already bad at math and statistics by definition, so offering a counter-incentive in the form of a lottery-based payout is right in line with their mindset. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-vaccinated-win-1-000-000/942043/14 "2021-05-14T12:38:06Z")
Most people don’t have your self control.