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02.07.2009
“Make Me a Millionaire” Awards Cash, Prizes and Cars!
 SACRAMENTO – The California Lottery’s new TV game show, “Make Me a Millionaire,” continues to reward Californians on the newest big-money game show on television.
On this week’s episode, more than $189,500 in cash and prizes was awarded to 12 contestants. As part of the Lottery’s ongoing innovative promotions, three contestants were selected to appear on the show through a second-chance online drawing on this week’s episode of “Make Me a Millionaire.”
Many contestants traveled to the show to vie for cash and prizes and some to celebrate special occasions. Faith Koller, a librarian from Sacramento celebrated her birthday at the show. She walked away with a brand new car and another prize, which she excitedly told her husband about. “Honey, I won a new grill so you can throw out that monstrosity in the backyard,” she said.
Other contestants included retiree Jesus Quintana from Van Nuys and Primitivo Sanchez from Hemet. Quintana walked away with $54,000 and said he will use his prize to pay off his house. With the progressive jackpot increasing $200,000 each week, next week’s contestants will have a chance to win $1.8 million.
Here is a list of some of this week’s top winners:
| Jesus Quintana |
Safe Cracker |
Van Nuys |
$54,000 |
| Primitivo Sanchez |
California Cool |
Hemet |
$40,000 |
| Tina Pham |
Lucky Penny |
San Jose |
NEW CAR |
| Faith Koller |
Lucky Penny |
Sacramento |
NEW CAR |
| Tammy Lindquist |
Safe Cracker |
La Verne |
$13,500 |
| Ricardo Garcia |
Safe Cracker |
Santa Maria |
$13,500 |
| Josefina Villagrana |
Make Me a Millionaire |
Van Nuys |
$10,000 |
For more information about the new show, visit www.calottery.com. For high resolution photos, please contact (916) 324-9639 or e-mail newsroom@calottery.com.
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 nearly $21 billion to California schools out of total sales of more than $56 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.6 billion in compensation since 1985.
Please remember to use the California Lottery’s exciting new logo, which can be found at www.calottery.com/styleguide.
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