$88 MILLION LOTTO FUELS LOCAL FEVER.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer Their backs grow straight, their chins jut forward, their eyes shine high toward distant Paradise. Call it the $88 million look thousands of lottery players across the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. had on their faces Friday as they bought tickets in hopes of winning California's ninth-largest SuperLotto Plus jackpot today. Small stores Noun 1. small stores - personal items conforming to regulations that are sold aboard ship or at a naval base and charged to the person's pay commissary - a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel) . Big stores. Throngs of wagerers each buying $5, $50, up to $250 in personal and pooled tickets for a 41 million-to-1 chance of winning on each dollar. Bingo! ``It'll be here on Saturday: We're going to have a winner,'' exclaimed Shirley Dolan, feisty bartender at the Instant Replay bar in Canoga Park, where a line of suds helped lubricate lu·bri·cate v. lu·bri·cat·ed, lu·bri·cat·ing, lu·bri·cates v.tr. 1. To apply a lubricant to. 2. To make slippery or smooth. v.intr. To act as a lubricant. a nine-patron Lotto pool. Her dream: ``Go to Bora Bora Bo·ra Bo·ra A volcanic island of French Polynesia in the Leeward group of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. in the South Seas South Seas, name given by early explorers to the whole of the Pacific Ocean. In recent times the name has been used to mean only the central Pacific, the S Pacific, and the SW Pacific. , where they've got these little cottages that sit out over the water.'' Her newfound new·found adj. Recently discovered: a newfound pastime. Adj. 1. newfound - newly discovered; "his newfound aggressiveness"; "Hudson pointed his ship down the coast of the newfound sea" pastime: ``I ain't tellin'.'' The California Lottery, biggest in the country this week, lures the biggest dreamers, provokes the sturdiest Pacemakers Pacemakers Definition A pacemaker is a surgically-implanted electronic device that regulates a slow or erratic heartbeat. Purpose Pacemakers are implanted to regulate irregular contractions of the heart (arrhythmia). . Hit the magic number and you could walk away with $44 million - cash. Delay your gratification and saunter toward your new-bought mansion, your hot new wheels, your new trophy life with $2.2 million the first year escalated to $4.48 million 26 years later. Step right up, step right up... ``It's a very exciting thing for us - the thought of giving away a life-changing jackpot of $88 million,'' said California Lotto spokeswoman Cathy Doyle Johnston, with a pitch like polished glass. And while millions in Lotto purchases will vanish among a chorus of expletives, someone - or some group - will sport the Lotto Look as the white and purple Lotto balls hit their marks at 7:57 p.m. and 58 seconds Saturday. ``Eighty-five million: I'll buy it,'' said Robert Sommers, 49, of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , picking up 10 Quick Pics on Friday at King's Delight Liquor in Canoga Park as Lotto officials raised the stakes by an additional $3 million. His dream: Throw oodles of cash at family and friends before carrying on the dream of building a home for him and his wife in Moorpark. ``This is my turn,'' said Naveen Roy, manager of King's Delight, whose owner stands to win $440,000 with a winning number. Customers, each with the Lotto look, have promised him a tour of the world, or a ``99-cent chicken sandwich Noun 1. chicken sandwich - a sandwich made with a filling of sliced chicken sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them ,'' when they win. But nowhere was confidence as high as the dark recesses of the Instant Replay. ``We're all going to hold that big ol' check,'' said Dwight Bagby, 33, of Canoga Park, with plans to quit his job for a long slow trip around the planet. ``As long as my relatives don't find out, I win,'' said Ray Thompson, 59, of Woodland Hills, with plans to buy a ``John Madden mad·den v. mad·dened, mad·den·ing, mad·dens v.tr. 1. To make angry; irritate. 2. To drive insane. v.intr. To become infuriated. bus'' and aim it at America. ``I never win nothin','' joked ``Fuzzy,'' 52, of West Hills, recent winner of a new Harley Davidson Road King, as he reaches back for his five ``winning'' tickets. ``Well, I have a kid in college at Berkeley - I got to pay for that. I've got a wife of 31 years, I got to pay her off to get rid of her. Maybe a sleeping bag for my Harley.'' Then it's off to Daytona, Fla., he said. A true road king. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Robert Sommers, left, picks up 10 SuperLotto Plus tickets from King's Delight Liquor employee Jack Sandhu on Friday as the jackpot reached $88 million. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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