Nearly 500,000 Michiganders enter ‘MI Shot to Win Sweepstakes’
LANSING, Mich. – The popularity of Michigan’s new MI Shot To Win Sweepstakes is already booming like Fourth of July fireworks. Within 24 hours after Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the creation of the MI Shot To Win Sweepstakes – a lottery-style raffle that gives vaccinated Michiganders a chance to win more than $5 million in cash and a combined total of nearly $500,000 in college scholarships – entries began flooding in.
As of Friday, July 2 at 8:00 a.m. EDT, the MI Shot to Win Sweepstakes received 464,698 applicants for the grand prizes, with 23,978 young Michiganders signed up for the scholarship drawing.
The sweepstakes began Thursday, July 1 and ends on Aug. 3, 2021. Eligibility criteria for each of the drawings is at: www.MIShotToWin.com.
The sweepstakes will hold a number of drawings including:
$1 Million Drawing
- Entry dates: July 1 – July 10
- Open to all eligible persons who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination between December 1, 2020 and July 10, 2021.
$2 Million Drawing
- Entry dates: July 1 – August 3
- Open to all eligible persons who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination between December 1, 2020 and July 30, 2021.
$50,000 Daily Drawing
- Entry dates: July 1 – August 3
- Open to all eligible persons who have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination on the date corresponding to the $50k Daily Drawing.
- The deadline to enter the daily drawing is 11:59 p.m. ET the day prior to the drawing. See official rules for exact dates.
Scholarship Drawings
- Entry dates: July 1 – July 30
- Open to all eligible persons who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination between December 1, 2020 and July 30, 2021.
- The Scholarship Drawing is only open to legal United States residents residing in Michigan who are between the ages of 12 and 17 as of the corresponding drawing date. The parent or legal guardian must enter the eligible individual in the Sweepstakes for the Scholarship Drawing.
YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THE SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE AT https://www.mishottowin.com/
To enter the sweepstakes by phone, please call the MI Shot to Win Sweepstakes Hotline:
- Call: 888-535-6136 (press 1)
- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday,
- 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday
