LEGION REPORT

Branch 265 Chase the Ace game worth over $10,000

Submitted by Jean Gervais

Communications manager, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 265

After 33 weeks in their third series, the Chase the Ace game organized by Quebec City Branch 265 Jean-Charles Forbes of the Royal Canadian Legion has reached a progressive jackpot of over $10,000.

“We are just so excited to reach this amount,” said organizer Carol Mazurat. “My team and I have been working hard at selling tickets and getting people interested in taking the chance at winning a little bit of money, while looking at a way of helping out our veterans even more.”

Before starting this series, the Legion created several incentives to purchase tickets. If an ace other than the ace of spades is revealed, the winner of the 20 per cent of weekly sales will get an extra $100. Jokers are also in play. If found, a $50 Petro-Canada gift certificate is handed out and a second envelope is opened via a random draw.

The idea of the game is easy. Try and find the ace of spades among the envelopes. As this is a weekly draw, every week there is one less envelope in play, so the chance of finding the ace of spades increases.

Every Quebec resident 18 or older is eligible to play. Each week, tickets are sold at a cost of $5 each, starting at 6 p.m. on Fridays for the following week’s draw. Tickets can be purchased either in person at the Legion on Tuesday mornings or Friday afternoons until 4:45 p.m., or via Interac transfer using the address chassealas265@outlook.com. 

Interac transfers must be received by 3 p.m. on the Friday of the draw. When doing your Interac transfer, in the message area, write down your name, phone number and envelope number chosen among the ones that are left in play where you believe the ace of spades is still hidden. The list of envelopes still available is posted on our Facebook page, “Chasse à l’As LRC 265.” We will fill out a ticket and send back a picture as proof. 

The draw is held at the legion on Fridays at 5 p.m. It can be watched live on our Facebook page Chasse à l’As LRC 265.

For each ticket sold, half of the money stays with the Legion, while the remainder is divided in two: 20 per cent of weekly sales go to the person whose ticket is drawn, and the other 30 per cent is placed into the progressive Chase the Ace jackpot, with this week’s estimation at $11,000.