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University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Friday, Jan. 17, 1986
Woman wins. loses $3 million
United Press International
LOS ANGELES — A $25-year-old nurse who won, and seconds later lost, $3 million in the California Lottery's Big Spin last month is going to sue the state, her attorney said yesterday.
Doris Barnett of Los Angeles spun the lottery's wheel during taping of the televised show Dec. 30 and watched the ball land in a $3 million jackpot slot, to discover that it had bounced out seconds later into a slot worth $10,000, the minimum prize.
In the confusion, "Big Spin" host Geoff Edwards congratulated Barnett as a sign flashed across the screen declaring her a $3 million winner, and Barnett's overjoyed family rushed onstage to celebrate.
But moments later Edwards, told Barnett that the ball had not stayed in the big-money slot long enough. Lottery officials determined the ball had stayed in the $3 million spot less than three seconds, instead of the five seconds required by game rules.
Lottery officials later speculated that the vibration from the jumping up and down of Barnett and family members who rushed onto the stage with her may have dislodged the ball.
Lawrence Sperber, an Encino attorney representing the Barnett family, said he planned to file suit
Lottery could add millions of dollars to state income
The Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kan. - Harley Duncan, state revenue secretary, estimated yesterday a state-operated lottery could be expected to bring in $30 million to $35 million annually, and could be started up fast enough to have revenue flowing into the state treasury by the middle of 1987.
Duncan went before the House Federal and State Affairs Committee to outline lottery operations in other states, particularly focusing on Iowa's relatively new lottery, and to present a possible timetable for starting a lottery in Kansas.
The committee has a resolution that passed the Senate late last session to submit a proposed constitutional amendment to voters
next November. If the committee endorses it and it can win two-thirds approval in the House — 84 of 125 votes — then it would go on the general election ballot this year.
against the lottery demanding that the $3 million jackpot prize in the lottery's "Sky's the Limit" be awarded to his clients.
Gov. John Carlin in his legislative message earlier this week advocated letting the people vote on it, and House Speaker Mike Hayden has promised quick action on it in his chamber.
However, most observers think the vote in the House could be close and few consider it a foregone conclusion that it will be approved by that body. Kansans for Life at Its Best! the state's anti-liquor, antigambling organization, is opposed to the lottery and to legalizing pari-mutuel wagering.
The suit will be filed in Los Angeles Superior Court within the next two weeks, he said.
Sperber called the lottery's five-second rule arbitrary.
"The ball landed in the $3 million slot, and was there long enough for them to be declared winners," Sperber said. "They have been very emotionally upset."
Lottery Commission spokesman Bill Seaton said officials were only following the rules when they downgraded Barnett to a $10,000 prize winner.
The five-second rule was approved by the Lottery Commission, he said, as sufficient time to make sure the ball is really staying there. A stop watch is used by operations manager Hal Diaz to determine winners.
"Our rules are quite clear," Seaton said. "When the wheel stops, the ball has to remain in the slot for at least five seconds."
Lottery officials reviewed a tape of the show after Barnett's spin and determined that the ball had not stayed put long enough, he said. Barnett and her family watched the tape and told reporters that they agreed with the decision.
Her attorney will no longer allow Barnett to speak with reporters, but the Los Angeles Sentinel quotes her as saying the lottery has a quota of million dollar-plus winners, and that she was not declared a $3 million dollar winner because the quota had been reached.
The commission's multi-colored wheel has 100 slots, only five of which are for the $3 million grand prize.
Seaton said thatsecurity officers were near the wheel at all times during tapings.
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