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`A Real Vacation' Tops Prizes on this Week's Big Spin Show
SACRAMENTO, Calif.-(Business Wire)-May 3, 2008 - This week on the California Lottery's Big Spin show, three contestants won a total of $180,000. The show aired statewide Saturday, May 3, 2008. The grand total won was $202,500!
Jennifer Castro's family is very important to her. That's why this San Bruno Fantasy 5 Dream Machine contestant plans on taking her family on vacation with the $80,000 prize she won. "At first I was going to take my family on a short vacation, possibly to Las Vegas," Castro explained after her win. "But now, because of the amount of money I won, we can go on a real vacation, a longer one, farther away."
Michelle Valle, a human resources recruiter from Santa Ana, was the contestant who outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High. Valle won $60,000 and plans to save some of her prize money for a down payment on a home and to travel.
Arnulfo Valdes Romero, a welder from Palmdale, uncovered "Spin-Spin-Spin" on his Scratchers(R) ticket sending him straight to the Big Spin wheel. There, he won $40,000, which he plans to use to expand his business and possibly pay off his house. -0- *T Winners Summary NAME CITY AMOUNT ——————————- —————- ———— Jennifer Castro San Bruno $80,000 Michelle Valle Santa Ana $60,000 Arnulfo Valdes Romero Palmdale $40,000 Carmen Hernandez Oxnard $5,000 Linda Cessor Hawthorne $4,000 Thomas Johnson Long Beach $2,500 Joseph Auteri Sebastopol $2,000 John Gonzales Sacramento $2,000 Victor Almaguer Newark $1,750 Keith Marshall Chino Hills $1,750 Josue Ramirez Norwalk $1,750 Robert Ortega Oxnard $1,750 TOTAL $202,500 *T
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More than 95 cents of every Lottery dollar is returned to the community in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retail commissions. The California 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 $20 billion to California schools out of total sales of nearly $55 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.5 billion in compensation since 1985.
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