The winning number for the Shop St. Joseph Holiday Program is
The shopper with the winning ticket has 24 hours to come forward to claim the $10,000 prize. Shoppers are urged to keep their tickets because if the winner hasn’t come forward by 5 p.m. on Thursday, another number will be announced. This process will continue at 5 p.m. on weekdays until a winner comes forward with the winning ticket.
The winner MUST call the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce at (816) 232-4461 during business hours or (816) 261-3610 after business hours to arrange a time to verify the ticket. He or she MUST come to the Chamber office at 3003 Frederick Ave. before 5 p.m. Thursday to claim the prize. The person with the winning ticket should come to the Chamber to have the ticket verified, not a member of the media. Media members cannot verify a winning ticket.
On top of the $10,000 dollar grand prize, there's an extra cash prize of $2,500 dollars this year for shopping at small businesses
The winning number for the Shop Small Business Bonus is:
The winner will be responsible for any applicable taxes.
The winner must be 18 or older. Proof of age, Social Security number, home address and place of employment (if applicable) is required to claim the prize. Chamber of Commerce staff, Chamber officers and their immediate family members (dependents living at the same address) are not eligible to win the grand prize. Participating business owners, managers and employees are eligible to win, with the exception of tickets distributed through their own place of business (including other participating locations).
One winning number per each second-chance prize were also drawn today. Those numbers will be announced after the grand prize ticket has been verified.
Certified public accountants provided oversight of the program. About on tickets were distributed this year through the 127 participating merchants. During the inaugural year in 2007, there were 59 participating merchants.
This is the 18th year for the local holiday shopping program. The program’s goal is to keep holiday spending in the local economy, so sales tax collected goes back into helping St. Joseph and Buchanan County projects. Shop St. Joseph is presented by First Option Bank.
Approximately 1.8 million tickets were distributed in 2024.
UPDATE: The Chamber reports two people have come forward to claim the top prizes but names have not yet been announced.