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09.26.2009
More Investments for One “Make Me a Millionaire” Contestant

Tom CampbellSACRAMENTO - "Make Me a Millionaire," the California Lottery’s TV game show, awarded 12 lucky contestants a total of $151,000 in cash and prizes on this week’s show.

Tom Campbell from Cathedral City is a lucky man. He won $10,000 on the Make Me a Millionaire show this past May and bought corporate bonds. This week he played the Millionaire Game again and won $70,000. What he plans to do with his prize may sound familiar, “I’ll invest every dime,” he explained. Another contestant – Alfonso Acosta from Lake Elsinore – played the Lucky Penny segment and won a brand new Honda Hybrid.

This week’s winners:

Name Game City Amount
Tom Campbell Millionaire Game Cathedral City $70,000
Alfonso Acosta Lucky Penny Lake Elsinore Honda Insight Hybrid


The California Lottery believes in creating a better, more sustainable environment for future generations, which is why all cars given away on “Make Me a Millionaire” are fuel efficient and use clean innovative technologies. All new car winners on this week’s episode won a Honda Insight Hybrid.

For more information about “Make Me a Millionaire,” visit www.calottery.com. For high resolution photos, please contact (916) 324-9639 or e-mail newsroom@calottery.com.

More than 95 cents of every Lottery dollar is returned to the community in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retail commissions. The California 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, Lottery players have contributed more than $21 billion to California schools out of total sales of nearly $56 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.6 billion in compensation since 1985.


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