WINNERS PARTY
Starved Rock Yacht Club
In September 2018 at Starved Rock Yacht Club, 50 lucky winners in the $50,000 Summer Sweepstakes had the chance to win the grand prize of $25,000. Through a variety of challenges and puzzles (including cracking the code to a locked safe!), the contestants were whittled down to the grand prize winner, Brian E. However, everyone else got to leave with $500 as well!
The Starved Rock Yacht Club in Ottawa, IL
Michael M. entered at Stacey's Place in Carpentersville
"When you're on the machine you don't win more than, I don't know, $500 in a pull. When you have the chance to win $25,000 it's pretty exciting!"
Finalists went through a winner selection process until it was down to three finalists who potentially had the winning code to open the safe.
Hannah Z. entered at Porter’s Pub in Tamaroa: “I was super excited [to find out I was one of the finalists]. I couldn’t believe it! I was kind of excited to take a road trip… it was fun! It’s a wonderful venue.”