REGINA - Hospitals of Regina Foundation has officially launched its 2025 Spring Home Lottery with a grand prize showhome valued at $1.6 million.
The showhome is located at 4201 Elderberry Crescent in The Creeks neighbourhood of southeast Regina. Dino Sophocleous, President and CEO of Hospitals of Regina Foundation, says this is the most valuable show home they have ever had.
“It, of course, comes fully furnished and ready to move in. It's built by Ripplinger Homes. They've done a great job,” said Sophocleous.
“It's about 4,100 square feet. I think it looks fantastic. Yeah, it just looks fantastic just looking around here.”
The show home will be awarded fully furnished, decorated and landscaped, along with $50,000 cash. The deadline for the grand prize is Midnight Friday, April 25.
That is among the many prizes being offered in this year’s Spring Lottery. The others include the following:
The Corvette Stingray Early Bird Prize, or $100,000 cash, with a midnight deadline Friday April 11;
The Lexus and Bahamas Bonus Prize with the winner receiving 2025 Lexus UX300H as well as a 12-day trip for two to sunny Bahamas, or take $75,000 cash. The deadline here is midnight Friday, March 14;
Greece VIP Prize: a stunning 7-night Greek Isles Windstar cruise, or take $20,000. Deadline is Midnight Friday, Feb. 21;
There is also the Membership Loyalty Prize: where you will be entered to win $10,000 when you become a Hospitals of Regina Foundation Home Lottery member. The deadline here is Midnight Friday, April 25.
Also back is the 50/50 Add-On. The previous 50/50 totalled over $1 million.
There is also the Cash Calendar Add-On, which will award the winner $25,000 on June 15 and July 15, and $2,500 daily from June 16 – July 14.
In total, 49,500 tickets will be on sale with an overall prize pool of $2.7 million.
Tickets cost $100 each, $250 for a three-pack, $375 for a five-pack, $575 for a Super pack and $875 for a Max pack. Those tickets can be purchased by phone at 1-800-667-7760 or visiting hrfHomeLottery.com.
Sophocleous told the audience the home lottery has raised over $66 million out of a total of about $250 million for the foundation since it was launched in 1987: and is a very significant piece of what they do every year.
Proceeds from the lottery will go back into the Regina community to support health care at Regina’s hospitals.
“We have made a commitment to the hospitals for 2025 that adds up to about $5.7 million,” Sophocleous said.
“That would be, that includes about $1.7 million dollars in pediatrics and maternal health. It also includes about $1.1 million for surgical and cardiac programs. We're doing about $200,000 dollars-plus we're investing in three fellowships for three specialists to come to Regina in 2025.
Once they finish their fellowships, we are investing about $400,000 dollars in the eye center. About another $400,000 dollars in imaging… Everything that helps the medical teams in our hospitals here in Regina and Southern Saskatchewan to deliver the care that our community needs in Southern Saskatchewan, we are investing in.”
According to their news release, programs being invested in include prediatric programs at the Regina General Hospital, the Children’s Program at the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre, cardiac care, mental health, medical imaging and cancer care through the assessment centres and oncology unit at Pasqua Hospital.
