Retiree from Leyte claims P150-M lotto pot
By Perseus Echeminada (The Philippine Star) Updated February 22, 2012 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes (PCSO) announced that a 72-year-old male retiree from Southern Leyte claimed yesterday his share of the P300-million jackpot of the 6/55 Grand Lotto online lottery draw last Saturday.
PCSO general manager Jose Ferdinand Rojas said the winner picked the six-digit number combination 10-20-11-16-28-14 using the birthday of his only child.
Another winner from Taytay, Rizal shared the P300,150.554.40 jackpot. The Taytay winner has not yet claimed the other half of the prize.
This is the biggest lotto jackpot so far this year after a jobless man from Surigao claimed the P55-million jackpot for the 6/49 Super Lotto draw last month.
Rojas handed the check worth P150,150,077.27 to the Leyte retiree at the PCSO central office at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City.
“The winner wants to spend a portion of his winnings for scholarship of poor but deserving students in his hometown,” he said.
He said the jackpot of the Grand Lotto steadily increased to P300 million from the P30-million initial jackpot last Dec. 30.
Another lucky player from La Trinidad, Benguet hit the P30-million initial jackpot of the Grand Lotto Draw last Monday.
Rojas said the winner got the six-digit combination 39-02-01-33-03-23.
A housewife from Lapu-Lapu City also claimed the P37,378,981.80 jackpot of the 6/49 Super Lotto draw last Feb 9.
Among the new members of the so-called “Lotto Millionaire’s Club” is a 32-year-old employee of a forwarding company in Zamboanga City who bagged the P28,027,321.20 jackpot of the 6/42 Regular Lotto draw.
A 39-year-old jobless man from Valenzuela City also won the P19,295,148.60 prize of another 6/42 Regular Lotto draw.
