WISHING THE BIG WISHES, CALIFORNIANS BUY LOTTO TICKETS STATE'S SEVENTH-LARGEST LOTTERY JACKPOT AT $99 MILLION.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - With dreams of Caribbean beaches, fast cars and a payoff of that pesky mortgage, locals purchased lottery tickets Saturday for a chance at $99 million. But some, like Doug Cavanaugh of Canyon Country, said they wouldn't quit their jobs if they woke up today and discovered they held the winning ticket for the seventh-largest jackpot in the history of California's SuperLotto. ``I'd go on a vacation, but I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. where yet,'' said Cavanaugh, a prop builder for the entertainment industry. ``I wouldn't stop working though. I love my job. I guess the first thing I'd do is pay off the house and the cars.'' Cavanaugh purchased 30 tickets at the Rainbow Market in Canyon Country, settling on 20 quick picks and selecting his own numbers for the remaining 10 tickets. But the man who sold Cavanaugh the tickets has his own way of doing things and stuck to that 10-year method on Saturday. ``I bought only one ticket today, that's enough,'' said Moni Majlish, who buys one ticket every Wednesday and Saturday, the days on which SuperLotto drawings are held. ``I use the same numbers every time on just one ticket.'' Like many who play the lottery, Majlish uses the birthdays of his wife, children and himself. Should those numbers one day hit, the native of Bangladesh said he would give as much as half to benefit orphans in third-world countries. Paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic Steve Moniz, however, plays only quick picks, relying on the computer to select his numbers. ``I'm a big believer in quick picks only,'' said the Culver City Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. resident who works in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. . ``On April Fool's Day April Fool's Day or All Fool's Day, holiday of uncertain origin, known for practical joking and celebrated on the first of April. Prior to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1564, the date was observed as New Year's Day by cultures as 1989, my grandmother bought five quick picks (in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern ) and won $913,000. That was her take after a three-way split. Ever since then, it's only quick picks for me.'' Moniz's colleague, John Morris, bought 10 tickets Saturday - five with personally chosen numbers, five quick picks. Allowing himself to dream for a moment that he held the winners, the paramedic said he would set sail for the Caribbean. Moniz said he would keep his job and help his family members pay their bills. ``Money doesn't necessarily make you happy,'' he said. ``I'm happy right now, and I'm working.'' He did, however, admit that if he won he would purchase something that has always been a dream: a Porsche GT3. ``Yeah, I'd probably have to go out and get one. We're talking about plenty of money.'' Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Doug Cavanaugh purchases $30 in SuperLotto tickets from Rainbow Market and Liquor liquor /li·quor/ (lik´er) (li´kwor) pl. liquors, liquo´res [L.] 1. a liquid, especially an aqueous solution containing a medicinal substance. 2. in Canyon Country on Saturday. The jackpot was at $99 million. (2) Doug Cavanaugh fills in a form to buy SuperLotto tickets on Saturday. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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