6/49 jackpot to hit P165 million

Filed Under: Gaming & Lotteries

MANILA, Philippines – Don’t put it off until the last minute— not if you want to avoid those long lines.

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) yesterday reminded the public to place their bets early for tonight’s 6/49 Super Lotto draw in which the jackpot is expected to reach P165 million.

PCSO spokesperson Dr. Larry Cedro said no one guessed the winning number combination of 3-27-38-35-14-25 in Sunday night’s draw which had a jackpot prize of over P153 million.

However, 120,717 players won more than P23 million in consolation prizes after they got three to five of the numbers right.

Draws for the 6/49 Super Lotto are now held thrice a week—on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays—because of the game’s immense popularity, Cedro added.
More bets
“We expect more bettors to queue at lotto outlets so we advice our betting public to line up early so that their bets would make it before outlets close at 8 p.m.,” he said.

The jackpot for the 6/49 Super Lotto breached the P100 million mark for the first time this year on Jan. 31 with Cedro saying that the number of bettors tend to swell as the prize gets bigger.

“Our sales go up as the prize exceeds P100 million because the bettors are interested [in winning] the jackpot so this is good for our charity projects,” he said.

Early this month, a delivery boy from Parañaque City claimed the P111 million he won after he betted P80 on the winning number combination in the last 6/49 Super Lotto draw held for 2009.

Lotto winners have a year to claim their prize although they should ensure that their tickets remain in good condition.

Last year, the prize for the 6/49 Super Lotto draw breached the P100 million mark four times.

Record high

In February 2009, two bettors from the cities of Pasig and Caloocan shared the PCSO’s biggest ever lotto prize—a whopping P347 million.

Just a few months later, two winners from Sta. Maria, Bulacan and Pateros guessed the winning combination to split a jackpot of P188 million.

Then in September, a 44-year-old taxi driver with three children bagged a P150.9 million jackpot with a bet of only P60.

The second biggest Super Lotto jackpot was won by a 61-year-old construction worker from Novaliches, Quezon City in April 2008.

He went home P249 million richer.