Chasing It: Park Lawn Queen of Hearts Rolls Over To $1.125M

OAK LAWN, IL — The Park Lawn Queen of Hearts Raffle is starting to attract attention with its million dollar-plus jackpot, with a visit from FOX 32 News. Unfortunately, Her Majesty was in Paris assisting Snoop Dog behind the scenes in the 2024 Olympic Games.

The jackpot going into the Aug. 7 pull stands at $1,125,010 and growing. Nobody has won Park Lawn’s Queen of Hearts since October 2022. The seventh edition has had the board wiped clean by four jokers.

It was a big night for J.E. who played the #38 spot, revealing the ace of diamonds. J.E. still goes home a winner with 24 free tickets for the Aug. 7 pull.

And for all you conspiracy theorists out there, the extended Facebook Live drawing showed the Bozo Drum spun and mixed “9 million times,” which also included a ceremonial shovel shuffling the tickets inside the drum.

Due to the extremely high volume of players, online ticket sales will now CLOSE at NOON MONDAY for the weekly drawing every Wednesday. Sales of online tickets have already resumed for the next week's drawing.

You can still buy tickets IN PERSON during business hours at Park Lawn's Oak Lawn office at 10833 Laporte Ave., or buy them from the handy dandy ticket machine at the always fun At The Office Sports Bar & Grill in Crestwood, where the live drawing is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m.

All tickets must now be in the black box by 6:50 p.m. so they can be poured into the Bozo drum. And for all your conspiracy theorists out there, the Facebook Live drawing will run a little longer from now on so the players at home can see Bozo Drum spun and mixed “9 million times.”

The current progressive raffle jackpot continues to set new records for Park Lawn, with the only million dollar-plus QOH jackpot in the south suburbs.

Players can now play multiple numbers in a single online purchase. That number, along with the buyer's name and phone number, will be written down by a Park Lawn representative on all the tickets purchased in that transaction and placed into that week's drawing. Read the terms and conditions. Players must be 18 or over.

Park Lawn Queen of Hearts board for Aug. 7, 2024

Should the Queen of Hearts appear, the winner splits the pot 60-40 with Park Lawn if present; or 50-50 if not present. The person whose ticket is drawn but doesn’t find the queen gets 24 free tickets for the next week’s drawing. Should the ace of spades appear, the winner (must be present to win) will receive free appetizers every week for a year at At the Office. Joker resets the board.You can watch the drawing live every Wednesday at 7 p.m. on Park Lawn Charity Facebook.

All proceeds benefit Park Lawn’s programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including supported employment, residential, social and home-based services.

“It doesn’t matter if you buy first, middle or last,” said Mark Dynia, chief marketing officer for Park Lawn. “You have a very good chance of having your ticket pulled.”