“Make Me a Millionaire,” the California Lotterys TV game show, awarded 12 lucky contestants a total of 000 in cash and prizes on this weeks show. Donald Guy of Fontana was the big winner this week. He successfully completed the Lucky Penny game and claimed a 000 prize in lieu of a car. His reasoning for taking the cash was simple Family is my number one priority, and Id like to help them out with this money, he said. He also added that he had a wonderful experience being on the show. Another exciting moment came later on in the program when Rebecca Straka of Encinitas played California Cool. With 000 in hand, she opted to press on and try to double her winnings. Unfortunately she uncovered a false statement and ended the game with 000. I came in with nothing, so I was going to go for it the whole way, Straka said. She added that she was going to use some of the money for a car and save some for her two young children. With the progressive jackpot increasing 0000 each week, next weeks Millionaire game contestant will have a chance to win .4 million.
FOX 13 News has learned that Dee Dee Moore has been charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of Abraham Shakespeare, the Polk County man who won the lottery, disappeared, and was discovered buried under a concrete block. The Hillsbrough County Sheriff’s Office put out a media release announcing Moore has been charged with in connection with Shakespeare’s homicide. She is already in the Hillsborugh County Jail, charged as an accessory to murder. Shakespeare won the Florida lottery in 2006, and disappeared in early 2009. His body was discovered buried in a shallow grave covered by a large concrete slab on a rural Hillsborough County property. Moore was charged as an accessory after the fact in his death.
“Make Me a Millionaire,” the California Lotterys TV game show, awarded 12 lucky contestants a total of 5000 in cash and prizes on this weeks show. This weeks big winner is Steven Shreeve of Castro Valley. Shreeve, who is retired, played an exciting game of California Cool. After working his total up to an impressive 000, he decided to press on and make a run at a whopping 0000. Unfortunately he chose a false statement and had to settle for 000. I was going to go for broke, Shreeve said afterward. He plans to pay bills with some of his winnings. Before Shreeve claimed his 000, Charles Barnes of Yuba City and Douglas Templin of Windsor started the show with big wins in the Lucky Penny game segment. Templin, who recently purchased a car, opted to take the cash equivalent so he could plan a nice vacation. Barnes also opted for the cash, but for a different reason Im going to use it to spoil my grandson, he said. With the Make Me a Millionaire progressive jackpot increasing 0000 each week, next weeks Millionaire game contestant will have a chance to win .2 million.
How do you show photos of all the prize winners for the Florida Lottery in 30-seconds? Pretend that you’re sorting them in a state-of-the-art photo-lab of course! This was a fun shoot for the Lottery with Evolution Media and a great, enthusiastic young talent.
Missing lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare was a truck driver who won million in a lottery in 2006. Shakespeare lived with his mom at the time he won the million Florida lottery. Shakespeare is believed to have vanished months ago. His mother is holding onto the belief that her son is alive and lying on the Caribbean beaches away from it all. The sheriff leading the case is treating it like its homicide though. The AP quoted the Sheriff Grady Judd: “”There are a lot of odd and bizarre circumstances in this case. We fear and are preparing for the worst. We’re working this case as if it were a homicide.” Shakespeare got his winning ticket at store called Frostproof. He claims that he won the grand prize after giving what little money he had left after buying the tickets to a homeless guy. Soon after that, he won the grand prize. Instead of accepting the annual installments, he instead took 16.9 million upfront. Shakespeare’s problems though were multiplied by a thousand when he got the money. A former co-worker sued him for stealing the winning ticket from him, the jury though ruled in favor of Shakespeare. Shakespeare was asked by friends for money for businesses, funerals, and everyone was just trying to take advantage of him from what it sounds like by friends and family of Shakespeare. The last time Shakespeare was seen was in April 2009. He was reported missing though on November 9, 2009. The plot though is extremely thick. Some are saying his financial adviser killed him. The Polk County Sheriff’s office naming Donice “deedee” Moore a person of interest in the case of missing lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare.
