It’s not that Jonathan Carlyle, 40, didn’t believe that the coronavirus vaccine was important or safe. But with three children, including a 5-month-old baby, and a full-time job, getting the shot just wasn’t a priority — until, that is, he realized he could potentially win $1 million through Ohio’s vaccine lottery.

“I was putting it off a lot because I was working all the time, and I just kept putting it off and off and off, but I knew I needed to get it, and I wanted to get it,” Carlyle told the Cincinnati Enquirer. “When y’all announced the Vax-a-Million, as soon as I heard that, I was, like, ‘Yes, I need to go do this now.'”