California Gov. Gavin Newsom will hold the grand prize drawing for the state’s $116.5 million vaccination lottery Tuesday as the Golden State fully reopens its economy and ends most COVID-19 restrictions.

Starting at 10:30 a.m., 10 partially vaccinated Californians will be chosen at random to receive a cash prize of $1.5 million each from the state’s “Vax for the Win” COVID-19 vaccine incentive program, which is being touted as the biggest in the country.

Any California resident age 12 and older who got at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot is automatically entered to win the cash prizes — regardless of their immigration status.

The event, which will be streamed live on KTLA.com, have had the appearance of game shows, with Newsom helping to pick the winners from a lottery ball machine.

Winners are being identified during the draw only by anonymous numbers and the county they’re from in an effort to protect their privacy.

As of Monday, nearly 19 million Californians were fully vaccinated, and 3.7 million residents were partially vaccinated, according to the state’s vaccine progress dashboard.

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