Online Ticket Sales Closed For Park Lawn Queen of Hearts, $900K Pot

OAK LAWN, IL — Online ticket sales for the Park Lawn Queen of Hearts Raffle are now CLOSED for the July 10 pull due to the extremely high volume of players for the hottest ticket in town. From here on out, we're informed that online ticket sales will close at noon Monday as the jackpot inches closer to $1 million.

Don't despair. You can still buy tickets IN PERSON during the day 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.

Also, if you’re buying tickets in person at ATO for Wednesday’s drawing, sales will close at 6 p.m.

The board is winnowing down in Park Lawn’s Queen of Hearts raffle which rolled over Wednesday with a jackpot of over $900,000 for the July 10 pull. Her majesty was a no show again last week, who is busy working out immunity deals.

It was a big night for Joy Y., who played the 5 spot, revealing the ace of clubs. She still goes home a winner with 24 tickets leaving for the July 10 drawing at the always fun At the Office Sports Bar & Grill in Crestwood.

All tickets must now be in the black box by 6:50 p.m. so they can be poured into the Bozo Drum where they are mixed “9 million times."

The current progressive raffle jackpot continues to set new records for Park Lawn, with 30 spots remaining, including two jokers that could reset the board. The person who finds the queen of hearts will split the jackpot 60-40 with Park Lawn if present, 50-50 if they’re playing in Facebook-land.

There is no cap on prize amounts in Crestwood, so the sky's the limit. In 2018, a Queen of Hearts raffle reached $2.6 million after 40 weeks of play at McNally's Pub in Beverly-Mt. Greenwood. The winner split 50 percent of the jackpot with St. Cajetan School. Chicago Ald. Matt O'Shea (19th) pushed a special ordinance through the Chicago City Council to allow the McNally's game to continue.

You can buy tickets online, or at Park Lawn’s Oak Lawn location, 10833 Laporte Ave. Tickets can also be purchased in person at At The Office Sports Bar and Grill, 4902 Cal Sag Road, Crestwood, where Park Lawn’s progressive raffle is pulled every Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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 the July 10, 2024 drawing.

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.”