SACRAMENTO – This week on The Big Spin show, three contestants won a total of $105,000. The show aired statewide Saturday, December 8, 2007; the grand total won this week was $127,500!
Armen Alagoz, is an auto brokerage business owner from Montebello, who won $40,000! Alagoz, received his ticket as a birthday gift and now he plans on taking his family on a vacation with his prize. Where to? He says he’ll let them decide. Richard Hill, a public health worker from Stockton, also walked away with $40,000 after playing the Fantasy 5 Dream Machine. He plans to pay bills and he says his grandkids will have a nicer Christmas now. Oscar Milan, who works in the electronics field from Sunnyvale, outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High to get to The Big Spin wheel. After spinning the wheel he left with $25,000! Milan plans to take his wife to a nice dinner!
Winner’s Summary
| Armen Alagoz |
Montebello |
$40,000 |
| Richard Hill |
Stockton |
$40,000 |
| Oscar Milan |
Sunnyvale |
$25,000 |
| Walter Anderson |
Lancaster |
$5,000 |
| Jerry Perkins |
Fairfield |
$4,000 |
| Ralph Sanchez, Jr. |
San Bernardino |
$2,500 |
| Joycelyn Bragg |
Oakland |
$2,000 |
| Heraldo Calderon |
San Diego |
$2,000 |
| Antoine Bratton |
Moreno Valley |
$1,750 |
| Tracy Garrett |
Bay Point |
$1,750 |
| Albert Statum |
Sacramento |
$1,750 |
| Alejandro Brambila |
Ontario |
$1,750 |
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TOTAL |
$127,500 |
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.