Third Week of Half-Pot Ticket Sales Draws Biggest Crowds Yet

With three days left until the winner is drawn, lines built up for hours as Evansville residents waited to try their luck at this year's big prize.

Biggest fall festival prize.

There are just a few days left to nab the big bucks.

With the clock ticking on a chance to take home - hundreds of thousands of dollars ---- you will likely have to wait a while.*especially since - it's growing at warp speed.

44news reporter valerie lyons -- has been out there all evening -- valerie lines were massive tonight.

That's right jessica -- lines were literally around the corner and into the street today this momentum shows no signs of stopping as we head into the final two days of ticket sales.

From these air-44 images -- you'd think you were waiting to get into disney world with lines out into the street -- and wait times -- "seems like forever.

I'd say at least an hour, and hour and half seems like."

But you won't find mickey at the front of these lines -- instead the orange booths -- selling this year's coveted half-pot tickets.

The final three days of sales kicked off thursday at 3 pm and in less than two hours -- the pot grew nearly 200 thousand dollars.

"this was well- anticipated, we knew this last weekend was going to be the surge gonna be the push."

There's four booths across evansville's west side to choose from -- two walk ups and two drive thrus -- and they all saw their biggest lines since sales began.

Brandon mcclish: "got down here about 10 til' 2 and saw cars really starting to pile up and these lines."

With the prize money climbing closer to that million dollar mark -- ticket buyers are eager to be this year's big winner.

Yvonne paschall: "pay everything off, take care of my family, donate, all kinds of stuff."

Especially now -- with fall festival canceled -- it's a shred of hope during an uncertain time.

Brandon mcclish: "most people coming up here are obviously buying their chance at half a million dollars or whatever it turns out to be, but the other portion here are 'i'm so glad you're doing this, this is so great, because it does immediately go back into the community."

Ticket sales continue friday and saturday -- when the last ticket will be sold at 2.

The winning ticket will be drawn at 6 that evening -- and you can watch that live on the west side nut club facebook page.

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