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.
Winner's Summary
NAME
CITY
AMOUNT
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
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.
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