If your name is drawn, you choose a card.
Sixty percent of all ticket donations go into the jackpot. The jackpot amount, based on ticket sales, will be updated weekly and prominently displayed in the Social Quarters. The total prize pool will continue to accumulate weekly (after the initial the initial prize pool amount is recouped) until the QUEEN OF HEARTS or Stop Card is drawn.
The prize pool is determined before the start of the raffle. Also, there will be less and less cards to choose from which increases the odds of finding the Queen of Hearts, unless the Stop Card resets the game. As the weeks go by, the pot grows bigger and bigger. This means that after the drawing, the non-winning tickets are thrown away. Remember that there is a new drawing every week. Queen of Hearts chairperson will ask a volunteer to turn over a card on your behalf if you did not identify which number card you requested, or if the number you requested was previously selected. Ticket holder need not be present to win. One ticket is drawn each week from all tickets sold that week to determine who wins the opportunity to “Search for the Queen of Hearts” playing card. Drawings will be held at the Lodge each Wednesday (unless otherwise posted) at 7:15 pm. Tickets can be purchased immediately after the drawing up to 5 minutes before the time of the next drawing, currently a 7:10 pm Wednesday cutoff. Write your name and the number of the available card you’re requesting (in case you’re not present otherwise, a card will be selected for you) legibly on the back of the ticket put it in the drop box with the donation. There can be more than one name per ticket, as long as all names listed are Elks in good standing. Suggested minimum donation per ticket is $5 $20 for 5 tickets, with no limit on the number of tickets purchased. Any good standing member of the ELKS is eligible to play. The game board will be displayed and sealed in the Social Quarters, with the QUEEN OF HEARTS as the “Jackpot Card” and a Stop Card that was randomly picked before and placed in an envelope. To begin, 54 playing cards including two jokers are placed in sealed envelopes, face down on a mounting board purchased from a certified gaming vendor the envelopes are numbered one (1) through fifty four (54). and the Florida Statutes on Gambling Chapter 849. Search for the Queen of Hearts is an approved weekly progressive raffle governed by the Constitution and Statutes of the Benevolent and Protective Order of ELKS of the U.S.A. If they make any recommendations, they will be included in a report that will be released sometime before year end. These type games will go before the Joint Committee on Gaming and Wagering. Senator Bill Coley believes the OCCC should develop rules for such games. Why? Because the Queen of Hearts is a pool game (think office football pool or March Madness pool) with 100% of the proceeds paid out. The game is not regulated by any of the agencies that govern gaming in Ohio – the Ohio Casino Control Commission, the Ohio Lottery Commission, or the Attorney General’s office. Drawings continue on a weekly basis until there is a winner. If there is no winner, the money in the pot is rolled over. If the Queen of Hearts is revealed, the winner gets all the pool money. Patrons purchase $1 tickets for a chance to pick a card number. QUEEN OF HEARTS CARD GAME RULES PLUS
The Queen of Hearts is a board of 54 cards – a regular deck of cards plus two jokers. A $1.8 million “pool game” payout in Austintown has caused a recent stir and gotten the attention of the Ohio Attorney General’s office as well as state legislators.
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