ADVISORY/$8 Million Quick Pick Super Lotto Fraud Trial Will Start Today.

Business Editors/Legal Writers

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (September 17)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:   A dispute over the ownership of a California Quick Pick Super
        Lotto ticket valued at $8 million will start trial today at
        8:30 AM in Courtroom "O," Pomona Superior Court, 400 Civic
        Center Plaza, Pomona, CA. before the Hon. Peter J. Meeka
        Plaintiff Arwa Farraj filed suit in February 2000 against
        Circle K Stores (NYSE:COP) and its employee, Gurinder Ruby,
        for fraud and conversion, alleging that she had been deceived
        by Mr. Ruby into giving her winning California Quick Pick
        Super Lotto ticket to him.

        Jury selection will begin on Wednesday, followed by opening
        statements on Thursday. The trial is expected to last 10 days.
        Ms. Farraj is represented by Browne Greene and Mark Quigley
        with the Santa Monica, CA. law firm of Greene, Broillet,
        Panish & Wheeler, LLP (www.gbpwlaw.com). Arwa Farraj vs.
        Gurinder Ruby and Circle K Stores, Inc., Case No. KC032486.

WHO:    On December 25, 1999 at approximately 3:56 PM, Farraj
        purchased her first California Quick Pick Super Lotto ticket
        at the Circle K Store at 2210 "D" Street in La Verne, CA, and
        where she had been employed for two weeks. Key facts include:

        --  Plaintiff's supervisor and Circle K senior assistant store
            manager, Gurinder Ruby, was not in the store at the time
            she bought her winning lottery ticket as verified by
            Circle K's own electronic time-sheet records.

        --  Farraj went to Defendant Ruby to verify the amount of her
            winning ticket. He told her that her ticket was worth a
            total of $88.00 and paid her the money. The California
            State lottery confirmed there is no record of an $88.00
            winner for the December 25, 1999 drawing for any tickets
            sold from the La Verne Circle K store.

        --  On January 18, 2000, Plaintiff learned that Defendant Ruby
            had won the December 25th $8 million Super Lotto Jackpot
            and that the ticket had been sold from the La Verne Circle
            K store. Suspicious, she contacted the California State
            Lottery office which investigated and concluded that the
            ticket was stolen. At about the same time, however, it
            paid Ruby the $8 million, amounting to approximately $2.56
            million dollars after he elected to receive a lump sum
            award and after taxes. Circle K received $40,000 as a
            commission for being the winning store.

        --  As others were making claims on the ticket, the La Verne
            Police Department investigated the matter, and retrieved
            the La Verne Circle K store's surveillance tapes to
            determine who purchased the winning ticket. They
            discovered that the tapes had been erased at the critical
            time when the winning ticket had been purchased: December
            25, 1999 at approximately 3:56 PM.

        --  Circle K brought in its own loss management investigator,
            Kirk Luke, around this time. Yet, more than three years
            later, Mr. Luke has only two pages of notes about the
            matter and the investigation is still open, according to
            his deposition.

        Browne Greene said: "Arwa Farraj was duped by Circle K and its
        senior assistant store manager into thinking that she had won
        four out of six numbers on her lotto ticket for a total of
        $88.00 instead of its real value of $8 million. Circle K's
        investigation into this matter has been inadequate despite
        overwhelming evidence that would affix blame and
        responsibility on its employees. We will make sure that she
        gets her day in court and see to it that Circle K takes full
        responsibility for the actions of its employees in defrauding
        our client."

WHEN:   Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at 8:30 AM

WHERE:  Hon. Peter J. Meeka, Courtroom "O"
        Pomona Superior Court -- Courthouse South
        400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA. 91766

Editor's Note:

Plaintiff Arwa Farraj is represented by Browne Greene and Mark Quigley
with the Santa Monica, CA. law firm of Greene, Broillet, Panish &
Wheeler, LLP (www.gbpwlaw.com); Tel: [phone].

Defendant Circle K is represented by Pierce O'Donnell with the Los
Angeles, CA. law firm of O'Donnell & Shaffer LLP; Tel: [phone].
Circle K, ConocoPhillips' retail division, is based in Tempe, AZ..

Defendant Gurinder Ruby is represented by Sanford Horn of Pasadena,
CA.; Tel: [phone].