OHIO — The third set of winners of the Vax-a-Million lottery were announced Wednesday evening.

The third winner of the $1 million lottery was Mark Cline of Richwood in Union County.

The newest winner of a full-ride scholarship to any public univeristy in Ohio was Sara Afaneh of Sheffield Lake in Lorain County.

There are two more drawings in the Vax-a-Million lottery.

To enter, Ohio residents must have received either the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine or at the least the first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Residents must be age 18 or older to enter the lottery for one of five $1 million prizes, and those who entered for full-ride scholarships must be 12- to 17-years-old. 

If a winner is found to not have gotten the vaccine, the participant will be disqualified and another winner will be picked.

The Ohio Department of Health said Monday that a total of 3,362,203 adults are entered in this week’s drawing for $1 million. More than 143,000 Ohioans age 12 to 17 entered in the drawing for a full-ride scholarship. Compared to last week, that's a total of around 147,000 more entries. 

Last week's winners were Jonathan Carlyle of Toledo, who won $1 million, and Zoie Vincent of Mayfield Village, who won a full-ride scholarship. 

The first winners were Abbey Bugenske, 22, and Joseph Costello, 14. 

Individuals can still register for a chance to win one of the next two prizes by going to http://www.ohiovaxamillion.com/ or calling 1-833-4-ASK-ODH (1-833-427-5634).

The lottery is a public outreach campaign by the Ohio Department of Health to get residents vaccinated. 

A little more than 46% of the state population started the vaccine process and 41% is completely vaccinated. That's a slight uptick compared to last week, when more than 45% of Ohio's population has received the first dose, whereas 39.9% of residents were completely vaccinated.

Within the first week of the lottery, more than 261,000 first-dose shots were distributed between May 13 to 24, which is an increase from the 160,000 jabs the week before, according to state data. 

Between May 25 and June 1, more than 60,800 first doses were distributed. 

This week, first-dose jabs declined. Between June 2 and June 7, the number dropped to 56,729. 

The Vax-a-Million lottery quickly sparked other states to come up with something similar in order to boost vaccination rates, including Colorado, Maryland, New York state and Oregon. The latest state to announce a vaccine incentive was Kentucky with its “Shot At A Million” program.