SACRAMENTO - The Fantasy 5 Dream Machine handed out big money this weekend with two contestants winning a combined $120,000. This show handed out a total of $202,500 in prizes.
Martin Rawner, a photographer from Los Angeles, wants to splurge on himself with his $70,000 Fantasy 5 Dream Machine prize. "I’m thinking about buying a car and taking a trip to Hawaii," explained Rawner. Can we be the first to say, "Aloha!"
Jane Beatty, a librarian from Vista, was flabbergasted when she found out she was coming to the Big Spin to play the Fantasy 5 Dream Machine. She isn’t sure what she’ll do with her prize, but explains, "I may go back to New York and visit family sooner than I expected."
Steve Aksu of El Monte and an employee at L.A. Southwest College is a big animal lover, and it shows. Aksu went directly to The Big Spin prize wheel and won $20,000. "With my prize, I would love to help my family and donate to a charity for animals," said Aksu.
Veronica Rojas, a factory worker from Long Beach, outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High, sending her to The Big Spin wheel for a $40,000 win! She was thrilled by her good fortune but unsure what she would do with her prize.
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| Martin Rawner |
Los Angeles |
$70,000 |
| Jane Beatty |
Vista |
$50,000 |
| Veronica Rojas |
Long Beach |
$40,000 |
| Istepan Aksu |
El Monte |
$20,000 |
| Melissa Cain |
Woodland Hills |
$5,000 |
| Maria Medrano |
Paramount |
$4,000 |
| Mary Lou Wood |
Anaheim |
$2,500 |
| Michael Bradley |
Alameda |
$2,000 |
| Kevin McCullough |
Santa Rosa |
$2,000 |
| Maria Lozano |
Long Beach |
$1,750 |
| Consuelo Alvarez |
Los Angeles |
$1,750 |
| Virgil O’Neal |
Redding |
$1,750 |
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TOTAL |
$202,500 |
Public education in California receives at least 34 cents of every dollar players spend on Lottery products. The California Lottery contributed a record $1.28 billion to public education in 2005-06 out of historic sales of $3.58 billion, the sixth year in a row the Lottery has provided more than $1 billion in supplemental funding for education. Since the Lottery began in 1985, it has contributed more than $18 billion to California schools.