The late Ben Keefe, then-commander of the McHenry VFW Submit 4600, in August reads off the identify pulled and card picked for the weekly Queen of Hearts recreation. <\/span>(Janelle Walker)
The McHenry<\/a> Veterans of Overseas Wars Submit 4600 Queen of Hearts recreation continues to roll over. Right here is every thing it’s essential to know in regards to the recreation.
No general winner was picked on the final drawing Dec. 23 so the jackpot now sits at over $2.5 million.
The winners get half the pot, or $1,269,474, minus taxes which are taken out. Total, 40% of the pot goes again to the VFW for its packages. The opposite 10% is seed cash for the subsequent jackpot. If the weekly ticket holder will get a joker, the prize this week is 5% of the pot, or $126,947.
Because the queen of hearts was not chosen on Dec. 23 – a particular date because of the holidays – the subsequent drawing is about for 8 p.m. on Dec. 31, New Yr\u2019s Eve.
As ordinary, the drawing Winners needn’t be current, and the drawings are streamed stay on the VFW\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>, facebook.com\/MchenryVfwPost4600<\/a>.
Tickets value $5, money solely, with a restrict of $1,000 per buy.
Tickets are bought in individual through the VFW Corridor\u2019s common hours Tuesday by way of Sunday at 3002 W. Route 120, McHenry. Tickets for the weekly drawings are bought up till 7:30 p.m. that evening and have to be turned in by 7:45 p.m. The VFW is closed Mondays.
The final profitable jackpot of $2.4 million was drawn Could 9, 2023. The weekly recreation continued previous 54 weeks \u2013 the variety of playing cards to select from \u2013 as a result of if each jokers are picked earlier than the queen of hearts, a brand new deck is began. The VFW says it won’t begin a brand new deck if the jokers are picked earlier than the queen of hearts, as a brand new deck was began in February.
After the jackpot shot past $7 million in 2018<\/a>, the large crowds and visitors drawn to the submit prompted the McHenry City Council<\/a> to cap the jackpot payout<\/a> at $3 million, or a $6 million complete jackpot.
Here is where you can find more on the McHenry VFW\u2019s Queen of Hearts drawing<\/a>: vfwmchenry.org\/queen-of-hearts.
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