Make Me a Millionaire Episode 136 - Air date 09/19/2009

The California Lottery's TV game show, "Make Me a Millionaire," awarded 12 lucky contestants a total of $102,000 in cash and prizes on this weeks show.

One contestant who played the Lucky Penny segment won a new car. Yesenia Yessy Encarnacion walked away with a brand new Honda Hybrid and was very excited about her win. This has been an unbelievable experience, Encarnacion said. Another contestant won $20,000 playing California Cool. Zachary Bode said he planned to take a family trip to Hawaii with his prize.

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 weeks episode won a Honda Insight Hybrid.

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.

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