Park Lawn Queen Of Hearts Raffle Jackpot Reaches Quarter Million

OAK LAWN, IL — The fever – and jackpot – is building for the Park Lawn Queen of Hearts Raffle, which is already promising some lucky winner a six-figure payout. The jackpot going into the Wednesday, Feb. 7, drawing is $250,000. The big pick in the progressive raffle is at 7 p.m. at At the Office Sports Bar and Grill, 4902 Cal Sag Road. Crestwood.

Last week, the hearts card was pulled, but it wasn’t the Queen of Hearts, who is still in England recovering from mysterious abdominal surgery (her majesty asks for her privacy, please). Manny played the #22 spot, revealing the 10 of hearts. He still goes home a winner, with 24 free tickets for the Feb. 7 drawing, which is expected to reach a quarter million.

The current progressive raffle jackpot continues to set new records for Park Lawn, with 49 spots remaining on the board. The person who finds the queen 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 raffled 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) had the Chicago City Council pass a special ordinance 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 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.

Park Lawn Queen of Hearts board for Feb. 7

Online sales close at 2 p.m. the day of the drawing. In each online transaction, the purchaser can now play mutiple 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.

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 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.”