2006 1st Quarter Press Releases: Article

SACRAMENTO - California State Lottery players could win millions on "The Big Spin®" show that airs in twelve television markets statewide Saturday, January 14, 2005.

Asghar Jafari from San Jose appeared on the "The Big Spin®" show in May of 2003 and won $60,000 spinning the wheel. In this week’s show he’s the sole "Fantasy 5 Dream Machine" player and could win up to $150,000. Watch and see how much he wins this time.

From the first group of ten contestants to play "Aces High," one lucky player will advance to the wheel and could win up to $3 million. The ten contestants who will compete are: Roberto Ramirez from Sacramento, Rudolph Revelez from Spring Valley, James Samson from Seaside, Jack Edwards from San Jacinto, Stephan Garcia from Stockton, Charles White from Hilmar, Glenda Andrus from South Gate, Joey Mariani from Highland, Sergio Larios from Los Angeles and Jacob Varghese also from Los Angeles. Tune in to your local Big Spin station for results.
 
The second group of "Aces High" contestants includes Pearl Schaefer from Fullerton who was one of ten co-workers who won a $21 million SuperLOTTO Plus jackpot in July of 2000. The nine competing against this lucky lady are Dennis Saterfield from Rancho Cucamonga, William Stiefel from Nuevo, Serena Barrett from Paso Robles, Donaice Worthy from Bakersfield, Larry Liebler from Citrus Heights, Maria Perez from Anderson, Eric Gomez from Stockton, Ruben Ruiz from Santa Barbara and standing in for Annie Sanchez from Clayton, New Mexico will be Gene Sturner. Don’t miss the exciting finish; see which contestant will spin the largest lottery wheel in the world. To find out what time "The Big Spin®" show airs in your area log on to: http://www.calottery.com/Games/GameSpecifics/TVStations