SACRAMENTO - "Make Me a Millionaire," the California Lottery’s TV game show, awarded 12 lucky contestants a total of $119,500 in cash and prizes on this week’s show.
Rosemarie Kratz, a cashier from Apple Valley, said she is using her $50,000 prize as a down payment on a house and to help her family. She’ll put anything left over in the bank.
Lee Enright, a plumber from Duarte, actually bought his ticket with a friend: “So we will be splitting anything I win today,” he explained. Enright won a new car so maybe they will just trade off driving it.
Roberto Chavez, a trash collector from Whittier, is a thoughtful son, therefore he will use his $15,000 prize to help his parents.
This week’s winners:
| Rosemarie Kratz |
California Cool |
Apple Valley |
$50,000 |
| Lee Enright |
Lucky Penny |
Duarte |
Honda Insight Hybrid |
| Roberto Chavez |
Millionaire Game |
Whittier |
$15,000 |
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.