The weekly Queen of Hearts drawing at the McHenry VFW Post #4600 on Tuesday, Sep. 4, 2018 drew a large crowd. Contestants are hopeful their ticket is chosen for the over 5.5 million dollar jackpot.
Multiple booths are filled up as contestants buy their raffle tickets.
Contestants race to fill out their raffle tickets.
A contestant of the Queen of Hearts raffle finds a window to use as a platform to fill out raffle tickets.
The last tickets are thrown into the mixer.
Last minute raffle tickets are filled out as the drawing commences.
The lucky ticket is drawn as the hopeful contestants await the news.
The crowd anticipates the identity of the card.
Commander Dwane Lungren holds the lucky card of contestant #29 as he walked down the aisle.
Commander Dwane Lungren holds the card of contestant 29, a queen of clubs.
