SACRAMENTO – This week’s show features a business owner, a building developer and a criminal background specialist, all vying for big money on The Big Spin® show. This show, which aired statewide Saturday, February 24, 2007, handed out a total of $207,500 in prizes.
Marcie Churco, from Riverside, is someone you may not want to meet, but only because of her line of work. Churco is a criminal background specialist and has definite plans for her prize. “Spend a little bit, put a little bit away, pay the few bills that I have and help my daughter out,” explained Churco. She may even have some of that $95,000 prize leftover for a dream 
vacation!
Nady Fileta, a business owner from Costa Mesa, outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High, sending him to The Big Spin wheel for a $50,000 win! He plans to pay bills and go on vacation to Hawaii with his family and some friends.
Harry Dirks, a building developer from La Jolla, is a longtime resident, having lived in La Jolla for twenty years. He brought a group of cheering fans with him to the show, including the retailer that he buys his tickets from, what a great customer! Dirks says he will use his $40,000 prize as a down payment on a house.
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| Marcie Churco |
Riverside |
$95,000 |
| Nady Fileta |
Costa Mesa |
$50,000 |
| Harry Dirks |
La Jolla |
$40,000 |
| Michael Huizar |
Norwalk |
$5,000 |
| Marian DeCoud |
Los Angeles |
$4,000 |
| Jose Lone |
Northridge |
$2,500 |
| Grant Haddox |
Santa Clara |
$2,000 |
| Timmothy Jones |
Orangevale |
$2,000 |
| Bobby Hamilton |
Los Angeles |
$1,750 |
| Ashley Cupino |
Long Beach |
$1,750 |
| Sandra Spivey |
Clovis |
$1,750 |
| Frank Hernandez |
Burbank |
$1,750 |
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TOTAL |
$207,500 |
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.