Chino Hills Man Wins $3 Million on The Big Spin(R) Show.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Aaron Johnson
Aaron Johnson (April 30, 1983) in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia is a professional ice hockey player who plays defense, most recently for the National Hockey League's , of Chino Chino (chē`nō), city (1990 pop. 59,682), San Bernardino co., S Calif.; founded 1887, inc. 1910. It is the business and processing center of a diversified farming (notably dairying) area. Hills, joined the ranks of more than 1,800 California Lottery lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g. millionaires by winning $3 million on The Big Spin Show, which aired statewide August 26, 2006. It was a big money weekend as a total of $3,132,500 was given away. "It feels great. It hasn't really sunk in yet. I have to thank God," said Mr. Johnson, who outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High in two elimination rounds to get to the wheel. His first spin landed on a "Triple" followed by the "$1 million" slot, winning him the grand prize of $3 million. That translates into $150,000 a year, before taxes, for the next 20 years. "I immediately called my mom (1) (Messaging-Oriented Middleware) See messaging middleware. (2) (Microsoft Operations Manager) Software that monitors and captures system and application events throughout the network. with the news and she didn't believe me," he said. When asked if he planned any big purchases with his 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" wealth, Mr. Johnson replied, "There's nothing I really want. I have everything I need in my life." He added that he would like to go to back to school, save for retirement and invest for the future. Mr. Johnson wasn't the only big winner. Pichai Chanchang, from Buena Park Buena Park (bwā`nə), city (1990 pop. 68,784), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1953. Food processing, the manufacture of aircraft, and tourism are important to the city's economy. , won $85,000 playing the Fantasy 5 Dream Machine and Celso Binongcal, of Hayward, took home $25,000 from The Big Spin prize wheel. Education receives 34 cents of every dollar players spend on Lottery products. This past year, the California Lottery contributed over $1.2 billion in supplemental funding to public education and has provided more than $1 billion annually to California schools for the last six years. For additional information on the California State Lottery A game of chance operated by a state government. Generally a lottery offers a person the chance to win a prize in exchange for something of lesser value. Most lotteries offer a large cash prize, and the chance to win the cash prize is typically available for one dollar. , access www.calottery.com.
Winner's Summary
NAME CITY AMOUNT
Aaron Johnson Chino Hills $ 3,000,000
Pichai Chanchang Buena Park $ 85,000
Celso Binongcal Hayward $ 25,000
Gerlinda Ramirez Torrance $ 5,000
Prudencio Ramirez South El Monte $ 4,000
Ramona Montes Maywood $ 2,500
Francisca Mar Panorama City $ 2,000
Margherita Maris Palmdale $ 2,000
Bonny McCall Watsonville $ 1,750
Julia Nichols Bakersfield $ 1,750
Frances Delgado Ceres $ 1,750
Fernando Leal Bakersfield $ 1,750
TOTAL $ 3,132,500
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