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Birthday Gift Nets $40,000 for Montebello Man

Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:30pm EST
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--This week on The Big Spin show, three contestants won a total of
$105,000. The show aired statewide Saturday, December 15, 2007; the
grand total won this week was $127,500!

   Armen Alagoz, is an auto brokerage business owner from Montebello,
who won $40,000! Alagoz, received his ticket as a birthday gift and
now he plans on taking his family on a vacation with his prize. Where
to? He says he'll let them decide. Richard Hill, a public health
worker from Stockton, also walked away with $40,000 after playing the
Fantasy 5 Dream Machine. He plans to pay bills and he says his
grandkids will have a nicer Christmas now. Oscar Milan, who works in
the electronics field from Sunnyvale, outplayed nine other contestants
in Aces High to get to The Big Spin wheel. After spinning the wheel he
left with $25,000! Milan plans to take his wife to a nice dinner!

   Winner's Summary

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NAME                                           CITY             AMOUNT
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Armen Alagoz                                   Montebello      $40,000
Richard Hill                                   Stockton        $40,000
Oscar Milan                                    Sunnyvale       $25,000
Walter Anderson                                Lancaster        $5,000
Jerry Perkins                                  Fairfield        $4,000
Ralph Sanchez, Jr.                             San Bernardino   $2,500
Joycelyn Bragg                                 Oakland          $2,000
Heraldo Calderon                               San Diego        $2,000
Antoine Bratton                                Moreno Valley    $1,750
Tracy Garrett                                  Bay Point        $1,750
Albert Statum                                  Sacramento       $1,750
Alejandro Brambila                             Ontario          $1,750

                                               TOTAL          $127,500
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   Over 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, the Lottery has
contributed more than $19.6 billion to California schools out of total
sales of more than $53.25 billion. Retailers win too, earning $3.4
billion in compensation since 1985.

California State Lottery
Olga Gallardo or Cathy Doyle Johnston, 916-324-9639

Copyright Business Wire 2007



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