North Carolina announces its 2 vaccinated lottery winners

The first two winners of the North Carolina vaccination lottery announced on Monday. Shelly Wyramon and Vania Martinez are the lucky winners of the first of four drawings of the state’s “Bringing Back Summer” campaign that has held last Wednesday, June 23. After this announcement of 10 a.m. Monday in Raleigh there will be three more drawings this summer.

According to state officials, North Carolinians 18 and over who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine are automatically entered into the drawings for a chance to win a $1 million cash prize. Those vaccinated on or after June 10 are entered twice for each drawing, increasing the chance of winning for the newly vaccinated.

Wyramon, of Winston Salem, will take home the $1 million prize, which comes to just over $702,000 after taxes. The second winner, 14-year-old Martinez, won $125,000 toward post-secondary education.

14-yr-old Vania Martinez won the $125k college cash drawing. She said she just started a summer job to save money for college so this is very exciting for her @WBTV_News

— Caroline Hicks WBTV (@CarolineHicksTV) June 28, 2021