Lucky Weekend Brings Travel Plans for Big Spin Contestants

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
This week on the California Lottery's Big Spin show, three
contestants won a total of $245,000. The show aired statewide
Saturday, March 15, 2008. The grand total won this week was $287,500!

The Fantasy 5 Dream Machine was busy this weekend! The first
contestant was Luz Estrada, a legibility technician from Tustin, who
won $70,000 playing the Fantasy 5 Dream Machine. Aside from paying off
some bills, she hopes to celebrate her wedding anniversary by taking a
trip with her husband to Italy and Jerusalem. Before that journey, she
will be making a trip to New York this summer for her daughter's
graduation from Cornell University. Next up on the Fantasy 5 Dream
Machine was Thomas Loretan, a retiree from Fremont, who won $75,000.
With his prize money he would like to travel to Venice, Italy and look
up family history. The final Dream Machine contestant was Jeff Folks,
an American Canyon, resident who walked away with $20,000.

The largest prize of the weekend went to Carlos Ayllon, a welder
from Panorama City who outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High,
taking home a whopping $100,000! Ayllon does not yet have plans for
his prize money.

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Winner's Summary

NAME CITY AMOUNT
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Carlos Ayllon Panorama City $100,000
Thomas Loretan Fremont $75,000
Luz Estrada Tustin $70,000
Jeff Folks American Canyon $20,000
Ed Cleofe Mather $5,000
Ruben Lopez-Ramirez Freedom $4,000
Lavell Thompson Pacoima $2,500
Evelyn Vollhardt Clovis $2,000
Remedios Pagatpatan San Francisco $2,000
Mario Gopar San Bernardino $1,750
Ruben Porras Redding $1,750
Sal Hernandez Fontana $1,750
Baltazar Zaragoza San Diego $1,750
TOTAL $287,500
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For high resolution copies of photos of Luz Estrada, Thomas
Loretan, Jeff Folks or Carlos Ayllon, 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 nearly $55 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.5
billion in compensation since 1985.

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

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