Make Me a Millionaire Episode 144 - Air date 11/13/2009

"Make Me a Millionaire," the California Lotterys TV game show, awarded 12 lucky contestants a total of $194,000 in cash and prizes on this weeks show.

Surinder Kaur of Sacramento started the show off by successfully completing the Lucky Penny game, netting herself a new car but that was just the beginning. The big winner of the day, Arthur Barron of Gilroy, finished the first stage of Safe Cracker with $32,000 and had to decide whether to press on and risk half his cash. I wanted to go for it, he said. And go for it he did Barron found a doubler and walked away with an impressive $64,000. He plans to use his winnings to pay some bills and buy a new car for his wife.

In the Millionaire game, Carl Cardarelli took home $30,000. After getting an early strike, he gamely pressed on despite the discomfort associated with a severed Achilles that he suffered playing basketball. I was going to go for it the whole way, he said. Cardarelli plans to use his winnings to take a relaxing vacation.

With the progressive jackpot increasing $200,000 each week, next weeks Millionaire game contestant will have a chance to win $1.8 million.

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