SACRAMENTO – This week on the California Lottery’s Big Spin show, three contestants won a total of $110,000. The show aired statewide Saturday, March 22, 2008. The grand total won this week was $132,500!
Sammy Davis, a locomotive engineer from Los Angeles, spun the wheel and won $60,000. He knows exactly what he’ll spend his money on. “I plan to buy myself a car, a Chrysler 300 Hemi,” Davis explained. He also wants to buy something nice for his wife and set up college funds for his grandkids. Next up was a Fantasy 5 Dream Machine contestant, Nella Guinto, a registered nurse from Vallejo. Guinto won $10,000 and plans spend her prize on travel.
Lee Herrmann, a retiree from Red Bluff who outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High, took home $40,000! Herrmann plans to buy property with his prize, so he’ll have somewhere to park his RV.
Winner’s Summary
| Sammy Davis |
Los Angeles |
$60,000 |
| Lee Herrmann |
Red Bluff |
$40,000 |
| Nella Guinto |
Vallejo |
$10,000 |
| Dale Harvey, Sr. |
Apple Valley |
$5,000 |
| Scott Rizzo, Sr. |
San Ramon |
$4,000 |
| Allan Trammell |
Yucaipa |
$2,500 |
| Kenneth Murray |
San Jose |
$2,000 |
| Betty Griffith |
Vallejo |
$2,000 |
| Roxanne Moore |
Hemet |
$1,750 |
| William Price |
Stockton |
$1,750 |
| Dalal Belat |
Fillmore |
$1,750 |
| Marcelino Rosales |
Bonita |
$1,750 |
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TOTAL |
$132,500 |
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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.