Lucky contestant yet to unlock Standard’s $25,000 prize vault

Christie Hawkins tries her luck at the prize vault yesterday afternoon.

The chance to win $25,000 has brought hundreds of people to the Standard office over the last two days. Unfortunately, no one has been able to go home a winner – yet.

The good news is the $25,000 prize vault will be at the Standard for three more days. And hundreds of people have been selected who have yet to give it a try.

The object is to correctly pick the six-digit prize vault code. There are no clues so the six-digit number must come as a complete guess.

Some people have brought fortune cookies with lucky numbers on the back. Others have jotted down a number at home and brought it to the Standard. One person used the number written at the top of his laundry receipt.

“Picking the right six numbers is going to be tough,” said Standard circulation director and contest organizer Steve Warner. “And the bad part is the winning number is in a sealed envelope we aren’t allowed to open so we don’t know if anyone is coming close or not.”

The Standard obtained the prize vault from Odds On Promotions, based out of Reno, Nev. Along with the prize vault itself, Odds On Promotions sent the winning code in a sealed envelope. If the seal is broken, the contest is void. However the prize vault will buzz with excitement if the correct code is entered.

In the Standard’s agreement with Odds On Promotions, there can be 1,000 tries at the prize vault. As of yesterday, 473 of those tries had been taken.

If the $25,000 prize isn’t won by Friday afternoon, the Standard will begin giving away the remaining tries on a first-come, first-serve basis to anyone who stops by our office from 3 to 5 p.m.