SACRAMENTO - "Make Me a Millionaire," the California Lottery’s TV game show, awarded 12 lucky contestants a total of $146,500 in cash and prizes on this week’s show.
Karin Bellinghausen, a writer from Laguna Niguel, is very family-oriented. So much so, in fact, that her grandmother will soon come to live with her and her family. To accommodate Grandma, Bellinghausen will use the $40,000 prize she won to add on to her home.
Guillermina Hernandez and Francisco Espinoza, both won new cars on the show as well. Hernandez is a retiree from Sherman Oaks and Espinoza is from Carson who had his daughter proxy for him. Both were excited about their wins.
This week’s winners:
| Karin Bellinghausen |
Safe Cracker |
Laguna Niguel |
$40,000 |
| Guillermina Hernandez |
Lucky Penny |
Sherman Oaks |
Honda Insight Hybrid |
| Francisco Espinoza |
Lucky Penny |
Carson |
Honda Insight Hybrid |
The California Lottery believes in creating a better, more sustainable environment for future generations, which is why all cars given away on “Make Me a Millionaire” are fuel efficient and use clean innovative technologies. All new car winners on this week’s episode won a Honda Insight Hybrid.
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More than 95 cents of every Lottery dollar is returned to the community in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retail commissions. The California Lottery contributes at least 34 cents of every dollar that players spend on Lottery products to public education and returns more than 50 percent of sales to players in the form of prizes. Since its inception in 1985, Lottery players have contributed more than $21 billion to California schools out of total sales of nearly $56 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.6 billion in compensation since 1985.