Chase the Ace is a form of lottery that has gained popularity since 2013 in parts of Canada. The game is used to raise funds for charities. It is also known as Crown the King and Jig the Joker.[1] It is unrelated to the card game Chase The Ace of the same name.
The jackpot accumulates from week to week until it is won, and the game is then over. Each week participants buy lottery tickets. The funds from ticket sales are divided into three parts. Typically the organizers keep 50%, the winner of the weekly lottery takes 20%, and the remaining 30% goes into the jackpot. The lottery winner also then draws a card from a deck of playing cards and wins the accumulated jackpot if the ace of spades is drawn. If not, the reduced deck is kept for the following week's game, and the jackpot rolls over to the next week.