When getting vaccinated could mean winning a $1.4 million apartment

Giveaways are the less politically fraught option, though they have raised ethical questions

When the Covid vaccination rollout started, the biggest mat­erial prize was an Instagramable sticker.

Now in Hong Kong, you could score a Tesla or even an apartment in the world’s most-expensive housing market. With gold bars, a diam­ond Ro­lex and a $100,000 shopping spree also up for grabs, Its vacc­ine lotteries are easily the flash­iest. Yet it’s far from the only lo­c­ation rolling out eye-catching incentives to try and boost flagging vaccination rates.

Russia’s giving away snowmobiles. West Virginians can score lifetime hunting licen­ces and custom rifles. In Alabama, those vaccinated got offered a cha­nce to drive on