Contestants Win a Total of $240,000 on ''The Big Spin'' Show.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Twenty-one California Lottery players from across the state combined their luck to win $240,000 on "The Big Spin(R)" show that aired Saturday, July 10, 2004. From the first group of ten Group of Ten A group of the ten major industrialized countries whose mission is to create a more stable world economic trading environment through monetary and fiscal policies. The ten are Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. contestants to play "Aces
High," Evelyn Smith from Pinedale won the right to spin the wheel.
The homemaker spun the wheel for $100,000 and said, "Spinning the
wheel was a blast!" Smith plans to buy a new house and truck for
her husband. Smith purchased her Big Spin Scratchers(R) ticket at
Pinedale Liquor in Pinedale.When ten more "Aces High" contestants competed, John Hall, a maintenance supervisor from Lincoln, emerged victorious. Hall, who bought his Big Spin Scratchers(R) ticket at Raley's in Loomis, spun the wheel for $25,000 and said, "I plan to share my winnings with my family." The only player to challenge the "Fantasy 5 Dream Machine" was Sonia Yap Yap (yăp, yäp), state (1990 pop. 10,886), c.47 sq mi (121 sq km), in the W Caroline Islands, W Pacific. One of four states comprising the Federated States of Micronesia, the island group was formerly part of the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands., a retiree from Fremont. Yap plays Fantasy 5 at Union Landing Shell in Union City Union City. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 53,762), Alameda co., W Calif., in an agricultural region; inc. 1959 with the merger of Decoto and Alvarado districts. Metal, plastic, paper, and food products, wool, and consumer goods are produced. A tool-and-die factory and an iron foundry are also there. Union City grew rapidly in the late 20th cent.; its population more than tripled between 1970 and 1990. 2 City (1990 pop.. "I plan to travel to Europe," she said after winning $70,000.
Winner Summary:
NAME CITY AMOUNT
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Evelyn Smith Pinedale $ 100,000
Sonia Yap Fremont $ 70,000
John Hall Lincoln $ 25,000
Other Aces High Contestants $ 45,000
TOTAL $ 240,000
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