SACRAMENTO – This week on ‘The Big Spin’ show four players walked away with $200,000 in cash prizes. The show aired statewide Saturday, May 19, 2007. This week a total of $222,500 was won by Big Spin contestants!
Duong Luu of Garden Grove hit the jackpot when he won $95,000 playing the Fantasy 5 Dream Machine. Luu, a father of three, plans to surprise his mother in Vietnam with an eight week visit. “When I return I’ll probably remodel my home,” said Luu. Richard Jackson from El Monte, another Dream Machine player, walked away with a $55,000 win. Jackson would like to visit Coral Castle in Florida and add some exotic fish to his pond.
Rodolfo Garcia of San Dimas won $25,000 after uncovering a Spin-Spin-Spin on his Big Spin Scratchers® ticket, sending him straight to the Big Spin prize wheel. “Helping my children with their education is my main priority,” said Garcia. He would also like to treat his wife to a nice vacation.
Sandra Gomez from Stockton outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High, giving her the chance to spin the prize wheel. Gomez, a mom working towards her Masters Degree, also has one child attending college and another planning on attending next. Guess what she’s using her $25,000 win towards? You guessed it, college tuition!
| Duong Luu |
Garden Grove |
$95,000 |
| Richard Jackson |
El Monte |
$55,000 |
| Rodolfo Garcia |
San Dimas |
$25,000 |
| Sandra Gomez |
Stockton |
$25,000 |
| Steven Esquibel |
McFarland |
$5,000 |
| Ricardo Correa |
Carson |
$4,000 |
| Rita Fragoso |
Simi Valley |
$2,500 |
| Josie Arredondo-Herrera |
Pico Rivera |
$2,000 |
| Jorge Esparza |
Whittier |
$2,000 |
| Diana Arnez |
La Habra |
$1,750 |
| Abe Haywood, Jr. |
Riverside |
$1,750 |
| Katharine Bekker |
San Ramon |
$1,750 |
| Patricia Vaca |
Santa Ana |
$1,750 |
| |
TOTAL |
$177,500 |
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.