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A $5 million jackpot won by German Medina Zapata on a Premier 7’s scratcher purchased at a San Francisco liquor store. Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm.
The Big Spin is the California Lottery's first television game show.. It ended with a fixed top prize of $3 million and a minimum guaranteed cash prize of $1,750. The total cash and prizes given in 2007 came out to $17,872,500, the most money given away in a game show that year, therefore being "the biggest money game show on Earth" as its introduction stated.
California sells scratch cards under the branding "Scratchers". The prizes are smaller than other lottery games, but there are better odds (averaging 1:5). There are dozens of Scratchers games on sale at any time, and the selection of games changes frequently. Winners must be claimed within 180 days of the announced end-of-game date.
Make Me a Millionaire is the second television game show of the California Lottery, having replaced The Big Spin on January 17, 2009. Originally contracted for a four-year run, the show was cancelled after eighteen months, with its final episode telecast on August 7, 2010. [1]
The winner of the record-setting jackpot has 1 year to claim the prize. ... California claimed $1.08 billion. It's unprecedented that two back-to-back jackpots would skyrocket past $1 billon ...
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Lottery games with "lifetime" prizes, known by names such as Cash4Life, Lucky for Life, and Win for Life, comprise two types of United States lottery games in which the top prize is advertised as a lifetime annuity; unlike annuities with a fixed period (such as 25 years), lifetime annuities often pay (sometimes for decades) until the winner's death.
On average, lottery officials claim it can take six to eight weeks for a winner to be paid out. But it could take longer, as the California State Lottery processes more than 10,000 claims per month.