SACRAMENTO – This week on The Big Spin show four contestants won a total of $235,000. The show aired statewide Saturday, September 8, 2007. A grand total of $257,500 was won by Big Spin contestants!
Fantasy 5 Dream Machine was a popular game this week with three players hoping to win up to $150,000. Jeffrey Lui, a game designer from San Ramon, just started a new business and bought a new home. Winning $75,000 was what Lui describes as “the miracle he has been waiting for.” Lui plans to expand business with his windfall. Gary White, a maintenance worker from Lawndale, always told people that he would be on The Big Spin show one 
day. Well he was right, White won $70,000. He is getting married next month to his fiancé who he has dated for twenty-five years! “My daughter will now be able to travel from Ohio to join us for the wedding,” explained White. Maria Grisco, a racetrack worker from West Covina, exclaimed “I’m just lucky,” after she won $70,000. Grisco felt like she was dreaming when she found out she was going to be on the show. With her winnings Grisco would like to travel to Turkey to see the Black Sea and enjoy Turkish food and art.
Ramon Loera, a ranch worker from Fallbrook, beat out nine other contestants in Aces High to get to The Big Spin Wheel. Loera won a cash prize of $20,000 which he is going to use to purchase a car.
| Jeffrey Lui |
San Ramon |
$ 75,000 |
| Maria Grisco |
West Covina |
$ 70,000 |
| Gary White |
Lawndale |
$ 70,000 |
| Ramon Loera |
Fallbrook |
$ 20,000 |
| Martin Lewis |
Porterville |
$ 5,000 |
| Keith Jones |
Los Angeles |
$ 4,000 |
| Irene Johnson |
Milpitas |
$ 2,500 |
| Eufemio Rivera |
San Francisco |
$ 2,000 |
| Andrej Gala |
San Diego |
$ 2,000 |
| S. Bonenfant Nicholson, III |
Van Nuys |
$ 1,750 |
| Francisco Zavala |
Chula Vista |
$ 1,750 |
| Ramon Ramirez |
Auburn |
$ 1,750 |
| Herminiano Queja |
Loma Linda |
$ 1,750 |
| |
TOTAL |
$ 257,500 |
The California State 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 more than $19 billion to California schools out of total sales of more than $52 billion. Retailers win too, earning $3.3 billion in compensation since 1985.