If you’re a fan of winning cash and other prizes—and honestly, who isn’t?—the Niverville Nighthawks Chase the Ace is back for round three and set to give away even more than last time.

Beginning on September 22, and every Monday night following, the Chase the Ace party has resumed in the Smitty’s lounge at 6:00 p.m. Each night, at 8:30 p.m., one ticket holder will be drawn for a chance at the grand prize. That prize will build week after week.

“The pot has been seeded higher than the original two [times],” says Kevin Dunn, the team’s marketing director. “That means that we’ve put more money into the original pot to start it off.”

By Monday, September 29, Dunn says that the main prize pot will already be around $5,500.

Like previous Nighthawks Chase the Ace fundraisers, there will also be a weekly prize draw to ensure that the night’s selected ticketholder never goes home emptyhanded.

The weekly prize draw consists of 20 percent of that week’s ticket sales and can represent thousands of dollars as sales grow.

By the time the ace of spades was chosen in the last fundraiser, the winner took home a grand prize of more than $46,000, plus the weekly draw of $3,300.

Prizes in this round will include Smitty’s gift certificates, Nighthawks home game tickets courtesy of The Citizen, meals from Duke’s Burgers, golf passes from Old Drovers Run, and a Nighthawks-themed beer fridge courtesy of Wiens Furniture.

Also new this year is a second Nighthawks beer from Torque Brewing. The Nighthawks light beer is a complement to the original lager and will be available any night of the week at Smitty’s.

The light beer made its debut at this year’s season opener and was a big hit at the Nighthawks kickoff social held on September 20.

“It has been absolutely remarkable in terms of the feedback we’re getting [on it],” Dunn says. “People are enjoying it.”

If Nighthawks fans need one more reason to attend Monday night Chase the Ace events at Smitty’s, Dunn says that at least four team players will be there each time to rub shoulders with the fans.

Dunn says that it took no effort to convince the Chase the Ace organizing committee to give the contest another go.

“It’s part of the financial stability for the growth of the organization,” says Dunn. “Having more sponsors come on board and get behind it just keeps everybody motivated. It is a lot of fun, and it brings out a lot of the community spirit.”