The Chase the Ace jackpot in Lloydminster starts this week at $26,280, with 50 cards left in the deck.

Patrick Winterhalt won $436 in the latest draw, the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association, known as Lloyd Ex, said in a news release.

The jackpot keeps growing until a weekly winner pulls the Ace of Hearts. Lloyd Ex draws a new weekly winner, and ticket sales run Thursday to Wednesday.

Ticket packages continue. One ticket costs $10, three cost $25, eight cost $50 and 20 cost $100.

Each week, 20 per cent of ticket sales goes to the winner. Another 30 per cent grows the jackpot. The remaining 50 per cent goes to the association.

Tickets are available three ways:

Buy online at lloydex.com/chase-the-ace.

Send an e-transfer to chasetheace@lloydex.com with the password CTALEX. Include your name, phone number and email, or Lloyd Ex will decline the transfer. The cutoff is noon on draw day.

Buy in person at the Lloyd Ex main office, 5521-49 Ave., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Winners do not need to attend the draw. A designated proxy acts for any winner who cannot get there within 15 minutes.

For more information, call 306-825-5571 or email marketing@lloydex.com.

Lloyd Ex will put proceeds from this round toward capital projects.