Goulds Chase the Ace jackpot shy of $1M as draw looms

This week's Chase the Ace jackpot in theGouldshas reached$962,995.

Just 12 cards remain in the deck at the St. Kevin's Parish fundraiser in the St. John's neighbourhood of the Goulds.

Organizers say the 50/50 payout is$226,612 and the consolation prize, if the ace isn't chosen, is$172,368.

The draw was postponed last Wednesday after it was discovered that multiple players had duplicate tickets.

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Auditors with Service NL identified four people who held a combined 17 tickets containing the samenumber.

No new tickets will be sold for the upcoming draw, butreplacement tickets have been provided to anyone holding ticket number 1378754.

Service NL said it was confident that only one number was duplicated by the error, and that "there was no information to suggest any intentional wrongdoing or fraudulent activity."