If you need something to do with these cold days, head to Manor for Chase the Ace.
The game is every Friday night at the Manor Bar. A form of a lottery, how Chase the Ace works is the jackpot accumulates from week to week until it is won and then then game is then over who someone pulls the ace of spades from a deck of cards.
People who want to participate must purchase lottery tickets; the funds from those tickets is usually split three ways. The organizer keeps 50 per cent, the winner of the weekly lottery takes 20 per cent and the remaining 30 per cent goes back into the jackpot. The winner of the lottery also draws a card from a deck where in this case the cards are in envelopes to prevent too much handling due to COVID; if the ace of spades is drawn by that winner, they win the accumulated jackpot. If not, the deck is kept for the next week鈥檚 game and the jackpot rolls over to the next week.
This is a fundraiser for the Manor Fire Department.
鈥淲e have a very enthusiastic fire department who are very supportive of this community. They also have great leadership with their fire chief and his two deputies,鈥� Lucille Dunn of Manor explains.
The department is doing this fundraiser to help them become better equipped with upgraded personal protective equipment and suits. They are also putting money aside for a new fire truck down the line.
Due to COVID, Chase the Ace had a late start on Dec. 4, 2020, but it now runs every Friday from 5-7 p.m. Tickets are $5 for anyone who wants to participate. Only 24 people are allowed in the bar at one time because of the social distancing restrictions, so the department streams it live on Facebook so other people can watch the action. 聽
