Doors will open at 7p.m. at the Grifton Train Depot.The Grifton Shad Festival Reverse Drawing will begin at 8p.m. This ticket includes a meal and drinks for two people and a chance to win $10,000. The meal will be a traditonal New Years dinner.
A reverse drawing, also known as a reverse raffle or Last Man Standing raffle, is a fundraising event where tickets are drawn one by one until the last ticket remaining wins the grand prize. 1st ticket drawn will receive their $100 back and each ticket following will win a small prize. Every 100th ticket drawn will also receive their $100 back, you do have to be present to win the small prizes and money back. 324 tickets will be sold and ticket number 325 will be a second chance ticket that will be raffled during the duration of the event. The winner of the second chance ticket will then be added to the pot for a second chance to win the grand prize. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN GRAND PRIZE. May the odds be ever in your favor!