The latest Catch the Ace winner is actually a group of friends.
Each week, a winner is given a card from a deck. They automatically win the weekly pot but, could win the jackpot if they pull the elusive ace of spades. Laurie Day and her friends received $160 after they pulled the nine of diamonds. That means the weekly raffle will continue, and they jackpot prize remains up for grabs.
Events coordinator with Townsend Smith Hospice Foundations (TSHF) Mallory Crippen says the group will likely split the money and put it back in the pot.
Here’s a rundown of how the raffle works:
- Participants purchase tickets which correspond with a numbered envelope.
- Each envelope holds a card from a standard deck of playing cards.
- Each week a name will be pulled from the draw, the name drawn is the weekly winner, who wins 20% of the ticket sales that week!
- They will also be invited to reveal what playing card is inside their envelope.
- If it is the Ace of Spades, they will also win an additional 30% of the total ticket sales (the jackpot)!
- If that card is not the Ace of Spades, that card will be removed from play and that 30% of the ticket sales gets rolled over into the next week.
- This process repeats until the Ace of Spades is found!
- The remaining 50% of the overall ticket sales goes to the TSHF.
The TSHF is working on finalizing a deal for their location. The deal would be to take over the land of Hillcrest United Church in Georgetown, just across from Pineview Elementary School on Trafalgar Road. We’ll have more on that story on Thursday afternoon.
This is the third go around for the Catch the Ace draw for Townsend Smith. Last year’s draw was won by a group known as the She-Beasts who workout out of Milton’s FirePower CrossFit gym. They won a collective $27,941. You can read about their win here.
The next draw will be Friday, May 13th at 12:00 p.m.. To participate and buy your tickets, click here.
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