St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway: Trip for two to the CMAs in Nashville drawing

All right, Houston, you did it. The tickets are all sold out as of about an hour ago for the St. Jude Dream Home giveaway. Melissa Wilson is live there now ahead of today's drawing. Good morning. The countdown is on. Oh, good morning. I can't believe after two months, you two, that you no longer see the QR code on our screen. That's because Houston, you did it. Now today is all about celebrating. You helped buy 13,500 tickets and we will be drawing your name today to see if you get to move here to this unbelievably beautiful home. So this is what's going to happen over the next half hour for four times. We're going to be drawing names. We're going to start with those CMA awards for all of those of you who bought that ticket in the beginning and qualify for this. Your name is in here, now you may be wondering, look at all those names. Is it really? Well, guess what? St Jude has this all figured out to make sure you feel super comfortable with it and make sure it is very legitimate. So there is an independent accountant from Houston with me now. He's going to introduce himself and then by law he is going to tell you the rules of how all this works, what he's done to guarantee you your name is in here right now if you bought that ticket. Hi, I'm Sam Mitalka, CPA, from Samuel M. Mitalka, CPA, PLLC, and I have verified that all of the tickets have been counted and verified for the Houston St. Jude's Dream Home Giveaway. And throughout the giveaway show, throughout the day, I'll be placing more and more tickets for the different deadlines into the hopper based on the purchase date and eligibility for those specific prizes. And now... With this last pile, I'm going to be putting in, this is the first prize. And all tickets have been placed inside for the sale prize deadline. And now we're going to mix them all up and- Here we go, okay, so you heard that he has actually been through every single one of these names, made sure they're legitimate, make sure the contact information is correct, made sure they paid, made sure that money went through and went through all the lists to make sure every name's in here. It's remarkable. I have Lindsey Johnson here with me now from Alps. I can St. Jude, and tell us what this prize is for. Before we draw it, I want to make sure everybody knows what we're talking about. Yes, absolutely. This is a trip to the CMA, so it's going to be next November. This is sponsored by Radio One, a fantastic partner for us here in Houston. It's flight, it's hotels, and it's a chance to see all of your favorite country music stars in Nashville, Tennessee. It's going to be a great time. So about a year from now, someone is going to be packing their bags. Think about that. You have almost a year to find the perfect outfit, okay? I think you're going to need it. All right, let's draw this name. This is so exciting, my goodness, what a great package to get to do. The tickets are at the bottom and I'm going to reach in. While I'm not looking, he's going in and his head was turned to the side. Do you want to do the honors or do you want me to? I'll let you. Okay, David Craig of Katy, Texas. David Craig, get out your cowboy boots and your hat because you are going to the CMA. How fun is that? Okay, so when did they end up buying this ticket? Was this in the very beginning? Yes, so these individuals bought their tickets first. Absolutely, so they are eligible for this prize and actually all the other prizes too. So lots more coming up. Okay, so that means his name will go back in if he's eligible for all of them? How does that work? That is correct, yes. So if he bought his ticket at the very beginning for that first deadline, we will actually put his name back in and he will be eligible for all the prizes coming up. Okay, so that tells you for next year, we're coming back next year? Absolutely. Okay, so for next year, everybody, it shows you, you might want to buy that ticket in the beginning because Because to show you I'm not gonna accidentally I only put David's, you know, ticket here in my back pocket and forget about it. I'm giving it back to the accountant. Here we go. It's safe and sound. It's going to go back in the hopper. So maybe he'll end up winning the house too. Absolutely. Okay, when that goal, how's it feel? Oh my goodness, amazing. I mean, $1.35 million raised for the kids of St. Jude. So they don't have to worry about travel, treatment, housing, and food. It's incredible. It is remarkable. So much more next half hour. We're going to draw the next name. I can't wait to do it right here live in Richmond. Back to you guys in the studio. Oh, I hope he was watching. I know, lucky guy. Yeah, and last year, the woman who won. We'll be calling him, so I'll let you know. The woman who won the home, right, she didn't pick up on the first ring. So you got to really look at your phone today if you bought a ticket and just pick up no matter what. Right, Melissa? We called her about a dozen times because you know how it is. You don't recognize the number. I think it's another spam call. Don't be thinking you're getting spammed today. It's the legit deal. Pick up. Plenty more cool prizes, too, coming up. All right, Melissa, we'll see you.