SACRAMENTO – Maria Canales, a stay-at-home mom from Los Angeles, uncovered “Spin-Spin-Spin” on her Scratchers® ticket sending her to The Big Spin wheel. Canales got to triple her prize when her first spin landed on the “Triple” spoke. Her second spin landed in the “$30,000” spoke, making her total prize $90,000. Canales plans to pay 
bills, take a short vacation and use the remainder of her prize to buy a home.
This week on The Big Spin show, two contestants won a total of $190,000. The show aired statewide Saturday, November 17, 2007, the grand total won this week was $212,500!
Juan Acuna, a contractor from Tehachapi outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High and walked away with $100,000. Acuna’s passion is Indian jewelry so with his prize, he plans to travel to New Mexico and Arizona to buy jewelry.
Winner’s Summary
| Juan Acuna |
Tehachapi |
$100,000 |
| Maria Canales |
Los Angeles |
$90,000 |
| Patricia Topacio |
Fairfield |
$5,000 |
| Carlos Henriquez |
Palmdale |
$4,000 |
| Carmen Garcia |
Riverside |
$2,500 |
| Miguel Leiva |
Downey |
$2,000 |
| Renate Talbert |
Pebble Beach |
$2,000 |
| Jose Castillo |
Los Angeles |
$1,750 |
| Arturo Vasquez |
Long Beach |
$1,750 |
| Joseph Neely |
Berry Creek |
$1,750 |
| Jose Maqueda |
Orange |
$1,750 |
| |
TOTAL |
$377,500 |
For high resolution copies of photos of Juan Acuna or Maria Canales please contact Olga Gallardo in the Corporate Communications Office or e-mail newsroom@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.