Charity, College and New Home Top Wish Lists for Big Spin Players

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
This week on The Big Spin show, four contestants won a total of
$545,000. The show aired statewide Saturday, March 1, 2008. The grand
total won this week was $567,500!

This week's first contestant was Niki Khensouvann, a convenient
store worker from Long Beach and regular viewer of The Big Spin.
Stepping up to the Fantasy 5 Dream Machine she won $65,000. She plans
to pay for her children's college education and buy a Louis Vuitton
purse for herself. Next up was Danny Smith, a maintenance worker from
Long Beach, who won $75,000. He plans to use his prize money to go to
business school. Smith has always wanted to attend Pepperdine
University. Now he can! The last Fantasy 5 Dream Machine contestant
was Harry Gatz, a maintenance supervisor from Paramount. He won
$105,000 and plans to use it as a down payment on a new home.

Finally, Ayesha Ogle, a registered nurse from Palmdale, outplayed
nine other contestants in Aces High. Once she made it to the wheel,
the ball landed on the "TRIPLE" spoke giving her the opportunity to
triple her prize. On the next spin the ball landed on "$100,000,"
giving Ogle a $300,000 prize. She was shocked, "I'm saving it for my
children's education, but I really want to take a trip to Malawi,
Africa to visit a family that I have been helping. I want my children
to see real poverty and I plan to start an organization that will
assist less fortunate families in Malawi." Immediately after her win
and still during the show, she called her mother in Africa to give her
the good news.

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Winners Summary

NAME CITY AMOUNT
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Ayesha Ogle Palmdale $300,000
Harry Gatz Paramount $105,000
Danny Smith Long Beach $75,000
Niki Khensouvann Long Beach $65,000
Olga Dorado-Landrum Rohnert Park $5,000
Greg Leaser Berkeley $4,000
Benjamin Pruneda, Jr. Shafter $2,500
Margaret Abadzhyan Glendale $2,000
Bruce Reiley West Los Angeles $2,000
Maribel Alvarez Calistoga $1,750
Eduardo Gonzalez Winchester $1,750
John Machamer Foothill Ranch $1,750
Robert Hu Belmont $1,750
TOTAL $567,500
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For high resolution copies of photos of Niki Khensouvann, Danny
Smith, Harry Gatz and Ayesha Ogle 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, the Lottery has
contributed more than $20 billion to California schools out of total
sales of more than $55 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.5
billion in compensation since 1985.

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Olga Gallardo or Cathy Doyle Johnston, 916-324-9639

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