Belated Mother's Day Presents for Mom on This Week's `The Big Spin®' Show

Business Wire, May 19, 2007

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- This week on 'The Big Spin' show four players walked away with $200,000 in cash prizes. The show aired statewide Saturday, May 19, 2007. This week a total of $222,500 was won by Big Spin contestants!

Duong Luu of Garden Grove hit the jackpot when he won $95,000 playing the Fantasy 5 Dream Machine. Luu, a father of three, plans to surprise his mother in Vietnam with an eight week visit. "When I return I'll probably remodel my home," said Luu. Richard Jackson from El Monte, another Dream Machine player, walked away with a $55,000 win. Jackson would like to visit Coral Castle in Florida and add some exotic fish to his pond.

Rodolfo Garcia of San Dimas won $25,000 after uncovering a Spin-Spin-Spin on his Big Spin Scratchers[R] ticket, sending him straight to the Big Spin prize wheel. "Helping my children with their education is my main priority," said Garcia. He would also like to treat his wife to a nice vacation.

Sandra Gomez from Stockton outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High, giving her the chance to spin the prize wheel. Gomez, a mom working towards her Masters Degree, also has one child attending college and another planning on attending next. Guess what she's using her $25,000 win towards? You guessed it, college tuition!

                            Winner's Summary

NAME                             CITY                           AMOUNT
----                             ----                           ------
Duong Luu                        Garden Grove                $  95,000
Richard Jackson                  El Monte                    $  55,000
Rodolfo Garcia                   San Dimas                   $  25,000
Sandra Gomez                     Stockton                    $  25,000
Steven Esquibel                  McFarland                   $   5,000
Ricardo Correa                   Carson                      $   4,000
Rita Fragoso                     Simi Valley                 $   2,500
Josie Arredondo-Herrera          Pico Rivera                 $   2,000
Jorge Esparza                    Whittier                    $   2,000
Diana Arnez                      La Habra                    $   1,750
Abe Haywood, Jr.                 Riverside                   $   1,750
Katharine Bekker                 San Ramon                   $   1,750
Patricia Vaca                    Santa Ana                   $   1,750

                                                       TOTAL $ 222,500

Public education in California receives at least 34 cents of every dollar players spend on Lottery products. The California Lottery contributed $1.28 billion to public education in 2005-06 out of sales of $3.58 billion, the sixth year in a row the Lottery has provided more than $1 billion in supplemental funding for education. Retailers won too, earning over $252 million in compensation last year selling Lottery products. Since the Lottery began in 1985, it has contributed more than $18 billion to California schools.