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Sites Located in Central New York, Finger Lakes, Long Island, Mid-Hudson, Mohawk Valley, New York City and Western New York Regions. Photo by: Shutterstock Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a new vaccination program that will provide free NYS lottery scratch-off tickets to individuals 18 and over with a grand prize of $5 million. The program will initially include 10 vaccination sites in the New York City, Long Island, Mid-Hudson, Central New York, Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley and Western New York regions. The sites will be open from Monday, May 24 to Friday, May 28. All sites will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The program will not impact education funding.
NY offering unvaccinated chance to win $5 million in exchange for COVID shot
By Kathy Carvajal
NY vaccination incentives
New York officials are trying all sorts of incentives to encourage more residents to get the COVID vaccine. Just over half the state s adults are fully vaccinated five months into the vaccination program.
NEW YORK - In an effort to encourage more New Yorkers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the state is offering scratch-off lottery tickets and a chance to win $5 million.
The tickets, which are typically sold for $20 at retailers, will be free. The Vax & Scratch program will run May 24-28 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Feeling lucky?
New Yorkers are being offered an extra incentive to go get the COVID-19 vaccine at select locations.
Between Monday, May 24, and Friday, May 28, state residents who get vaccinated at 10 sites will be provided free lottery scratch-off tickets to anyone 18 and older.
The tickets, sold by retailers across the state for $20 each, have a grand prize of $5 million.
Anyone receiving a vaccine will be getting the one-dose Johnson & Johnson shot, which will not require them to return to get a second dose.
Sites participating in the scratch-off lottery ticket giveaway include:
New York City
Bay Eden Senior Center on East 229th Street in the Bronx;
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