SACRAMENTO – Porfirio Siordia, a construction worker from Moreno Valley, uncovered “Spin-Spin-Spin” on his Scratchers® ticket sending him to The Big Spin wheel where he got to spin not once, but twice. Siordia’s first spin landed on the “Triple” spoke and his next spin landed in the “$100,000” spoke, making his total prize $300,000. Siordia plans to start his own business with his prize and also said, “I want to take my wife and kids to Hawaii!”
This week on The Big Spin show, three contestants won a total of 
$355,000. The show aired statewide Saturday, November 3, 2007, the grand total won this week was $377,500!
Michael Mastrocovo, a retiree from Fairfield, was incredulous that he was getting a chance to play the Fantasy 5 Dream Machine. “This is a dream! I have so much to be thankful for, especially my wonderful wife of 44 years and my family.” Mastrocovo won $30,000 but wasn’t sure what he would spend his prize on quite yet.
Ruby Sunderman, another retiree from Bieber outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High and walked away with $25,000, she wants to pay off some debt with her prize.
Winner’s Summary
| Porfirio Siordia |
Moreno Valley |
$300,000 |
| Michael Mastrocovo |
Fairfield |
$30,000 |
| Ruby Sunderman |
Bieber |
$25,000 |
| Robert Bennett |
Lake Forest |
$5,000 |
| Jimmy Finch |
Stockton |
$4,000 |
| Dig Paul |
Riverside |
$2,500 |
| Alba Melgar |
North Hollywood |
$2,000 |
| Sally Garcia |
Moreno Valley |
$2,000 |
| Yanely Rodriguez |
Palmdale |
$1,750 |
| Bernadette Gambino |
Sherman Oaks |
$1,750 |
| Arturo Gutierrez |
Riverside |
$1,750 |
| Joel Parham (proxy:Barbara Stevens) |
Round Mountain |
$1,750 |
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TOTAL |
$377,500 |
For high resolution copies of photos of Porfirio Siordia, Michael Mastrocovo or Ruby Sunderman please contact Olga Gallardo in the Corporate Communications Office or e-mail ogallardo@calottery.com.
Over 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 $19.6 billion to California schools out of total sales of more than $53.25 billion. Retailers win too, earning $3.4 billion in compensation since 1985.