CALIFORNIA LOTTOPALOOZA: $125 MILLION WANNABE WINNERS WISHING.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer Some would take a trip around the world, others would fix up the house and still others would give millions to their friends if they won tonight's $125 million California Lottery jackpot. Whether the prize is big or small, Jack Wolford has the same plan each week when he plays the lotto - the spoils spoil v. spoiled or spoilt , spoil·ing, spoils v.tr. 1. a. To impair the value or quality of. b. To damage irreparably; ruin. 2. would go to a school, training young men for the ministry. ``God gives it to ya, and I'm going to give it back to him,'' said Wolford, who helps support the Woodland Hills-based Latin American Christian Institute This article is about a contemporary right wing evangelical campaigning British charity. For the South African progressive organisation of the 1970s, see Christian Institute of Southern Africa. , which trains evangelical ministers. ``I'll take a little for myself; the rest of it will go to charity.'' The lotto fever that struck over the weekend with Saturday's $88 million jackpot has heated up in the days since, as no one had a winning ticket, creating a bigger bounty bounty, payment made by a government bounty, amount paid by a government for the achievement of certain economic or other goals. It often takes the form of a premium paid for the increased production or export of certain goods. . The prize is second only to last summer's record $141 million jackpot, which reigns as the granddaddy of all since the game began. That's a first-time payment of $3.1 million, followed by payouts each year for a cash value of $62.5 million, lotto officials said. For public schools, it brings $74 million. With money like that at stake, it's no wonder the little peach peach, fruit tree (Prunus persica) of the family Rosaceae (rose family) having decorative pink blossoms and a juicy, sweet drupe fruit. The peach appears to have originated in China, where it was mentioned in literature several centuries before Christ. and white tickets were flying out of stores Tuesday afternoon - $1.4 million in sales between noon and 1 p.m., or about $23,000 a minute, lotto officials said. Big begets big, and the blockbuster block·bust·er n. 1. Something, such as a film or book, that sustains widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales. 2. A high-explosive bomb used for demolition purposes. 3. prize leaves even the lotto wallflowers looking to take a spin. ``When the jackpot gets this way you have those playing who don't normally play,'' said lotto spokeswoman Cathy Doyle Johnston. ``It's a self-fulfilling prophecy self-fulfilling prophecy, a concept developed by Robert K. Merton to explain how a belief or expectation, whether correct or not, affects the outcome of a situation or the way a person (or group) will behave. .'' They also attributed the large jackpot to a game change in 2000 that created bigger prizes. Randa Sifri thought of the winnings that could result if she bought a winning ticket at her son's Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. liquor store - the retailer selling the winning ticket receives half of 1 percent of the winnings. ``First, I want to help the people,'' said Sifri at Primarily Wine & Spirits, citing worries about the poor and her kids' college fund. ``Whatever I have left, it's OK.'' Reseda resident Cory Merrill doesn't usually play - though her husband and the neighbor across the street have a running pledge to split their winnings - but she couldn't resist on Tuesday. ``I think it would be nice,'' said Merrill, who couldn't imagine picking up and selling her home, moving the three kids to an exotic Hawaiian getaway, and instead figures she would just continue her life with a little more ease if she were the winner. ``It would be an extra.'' But as high as the fever runs, a few holdouts seem to let the frenzy Frenzy Beatlemania term referring to the Beatles’ (rock musicians) immense popularity; manifested by screaming fans in the 1960s. [Pop. Culture: Miller, 172–181] Big Bull Market pass them by. Bartender Andrea Garcia said she just can't see dropping even a few dollars on a chance. ``I just don't enjoy losing,'' she said. ``The chances are so slim it's like, `Oh, right. Whatever.'' BIG DREAMS Top 10 plans for spending a lotto jackpot, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. California Lottery survey: 1. Vacation or travel 2. Buy a car 3. Help children or grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. , including establishing a college fund 4. Buy a home 5. Pay off debt 6. Invest 7. Help parents 8. Quit work or retire 9. Donate part to charity 10. Buy a boat! CAPTION(S): box Box: BIG DREAMS (see text) |
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