David Carriere has won the jackpot in the Saskatchewan Roughriders Foundation’s Chase the Ace Draw.
The draw was held Friday – the 33rd and final week that it could happen. Lorena Harlos-Razynski’s name was drawn for the $47,888 weekly prize, but she didn’t pull the ace of spades from the 20 remaining cards in the virtual draw.
So it kept going until someone did pull the ace, and after a couple others had unsuccessful attempts, David Carriere of Alida found the ace out of the 17 remaining cards to win the $602,000.
An image of Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo was on the ace of spades.
Proceeds from the 50-50 will be directed to minor football projects in the province.
An upcoming edition of the Mercury will have more on this story.
