Going to Finland on 'The Big Spin®' Show

Business Wire, Sept 22, 2007

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- This week on The Big Spin show four contestants won a total of $160,000. The show aired statewide Saturday, September 22, 2007.

On the Fantasy 5 Dream Machine three lucky players won prizes totaling $110,000! Sirkka Roikola, a retiree from South San Francisco, walked away with a $75,000 windfall. Roikola travels to Finland every four years to visit family. "This is such perfect timing, I'm getting ready to travel to Finland this year," explained Roikola. Mercedes Gomez, a grandmother from El Dorado Hills, asked her husband Nicholas Gomez to be her proxy on The Big Spin show. He gladly accepted and won $25,000 for his wife! "I'm sure she can't wait for my phone call to know how much she has won," said Gomez. They would like to buy a new car with their winnings. Lory Flor, a dog breeder from San Diego, couldn't believe that she was actually going to be on the show. She won a cash prize of $10,000 which she plans to use to take her fiance to Alaska.

Jacque Edmonson, a nurse from Lancaster, outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High to get to The Big Spin wheel. "It feels like my head is full of air. I'm so excited I can't think right now," expressed Edmonson. After spinning the wheel Edmonson went home with $50,000! She plans to help out her family and would also like to save for retirement.

Winner's Summary        <                       <          <



                        <                       <          <



NAME                    <                       <  CITY    <
AMOUNT


Sirkka Roikola          <                       <  South   <

$
75,000
Jacque Edmonson         <                       <  Lanca-  <

$
50,000
Mercedes Gomez          <                       <  El Do-  <

$
25,000
Lory Flor               <                       <  San     <

$
10,000
Gildardo Ornelas        <                       <  Liver-  <

$
5,000
Lori McCormick          <                       <  Fremo-  <

$
4,000
Gerardo Hernandez, Sr.  <                       <  Long    <

$
2,500
Erika Cornejo           <                       <  Chula   <

$
2,000
Carlos Andrade          <                       <  Compt-  <

$
2,000
Brian Howell            <                       <  Los     <

$
1,750
David Steininger        <                       <  Glend-  <

$
1,750
Maria Haro              <                       <  North   <

$
1,750
Lillie Parrish          <                       <  Oakla-  <

$
1,750
                        <                       <          <



                        <                       <  TOTAL   <

$
182,500

For high resolution copies of photos of Sirkka Roikola, Jacque Edmonson, Nicholas Gomez or Lory Flor please contact Olga Gallardo in the Corporate Communications Office or ogallardo@calottery.com.

The California State Lottery contributes at least 34 cents of every dollar that players spend on Lottery products to public education and returns more than 50 percent of sales to players in the form of prizes. Since its inception in 1985, the Lottery has contributed more than $19 billion to California schools out of total sales of more than $52 billion. Retailers win too, earning $3.3 billion in compensation since 1985.