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Chase the ace is coming to Oxbow

The town of Oxbow will be hosting a ‘Chase the Ace’ event running for 10 months from Sept. 5, until June 19.

 

 

 

 

The town of Oxbow will be hosting a ‘Chase the Ace’ event running for 10 months from Sept. 5, until June 19.

Tami Scott, community development officer for the town of Oxbow, said the event was inspired after seeing several other chase the ace events across Canada raising funds for communities.

“What it involves is a progressive jackpot system, with tickets being sold each week,” said Scott.

“So what will happen is 50 per cent of the ticket sales each week will go to the Oxbow recreation board, 20 per cent will go to the ticket winner of that week, and 30 per cent will go into the ongoing ace jackpot.”

Tickets to participate in the event are $10 per each and can be purchased in three ways. Those interested in purchasing tickets can attend the weekly event, which will be held on Wednesdays at the Oxbow Memorial Hall from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., or directly from the town office during regular business hours. As well, e-transfers will be accepted for ticket purchases, money can be sent to oxbowchasetheace@outlook.com.

“So the way it will work is tickets that are purchased are only valid are for the week, then they will need to be re-bought the next week,” said Scott.

“Every week someone will get the opportunity to draw from a deck of cards to see if they get the ace of spades, and if they do, they get the ace jackpot. If no one finds the ace then the jackpot continues to grow.”

Money raised from the event will be going towards recreational facilities throughout the town such as the construction of the town’s new pool, refurbishment and continued improvements on the town’s Memorial Hall and hockey rink, as well as the Oxbow Museum and Bow Valley Park.

“We’ve been planning this event since January, that’s when we came up with the idea and started getting the rules of play and all that organized,” said Scott.

“We could have started in the summer but we didn’t know how it would go with people being away on holidays and all that, so we wanted to wait until September to start to make sure we are able to get as much community participation as possible.”

Organizers are hoping to raise roughly $50,000 from the event, but say that they are guardedly optimistic about reaching that goal. There are no restrictions in place on the amount of tickets, which can be purchased per person, but an 18 and over age restriction will be in place.

“The event will be running continuously from September all the way until January next year, the only time off we will be taking will be a few weeks in December for Christmas,” said Scott.

“We also want people to know that if they purchase tickets they or a proxy will have to be in attendance of our weekly draws on Wednesdays. We’re really excited to see how involved people will be with the draws, and we just want to thank everyone that buys tickets in advance.”