PCSO lotto news

TACLOBAN CITY—One of the two winners of the record-high P1.18-billion lotto jackpot played Santa Claus way ahead of Christmas, giving away P5,000 each to his former coworkers in the city government of Borongan, Eastern Samar province, early this week. The winner, a middle-aged man who has since left town with his family after claiming half of the Ultra Lotto 6/58 prize, also handed out cash to several tricycle drivers amounting to P1,500 each. One of the beneficiaries was Dorothy Abenis, a staff member of Mayor Ma. Fe Abunda, who received her P5,000 on Wednesday. “We are really very thankful to him because he never forgot about us in sharing his blessings. As far as I know, he was the second lotto winner from Borongan but he was the first to share his winnings,” Abenis said in a phone interview. ‘Early Christmas bonus’ According to Abenis, close to 1,000 regular and casual workers at City Hall received P5,000 each from the instant multimillionaire, the money coursed through t...

Mega Millions said the jackpot is not only a US record but a worldwide lottery record. The six winning numbers drawn on Tuesday night were 5, 28, 62, 65, 70, and 5 again as the special Mega Ball. The record jackpot had set off a lottery frenzy across America, with people lining up at convenience stores, supermarkets, and liquor stores to buy a $2 ticket that gave them a roughly one in 300 million chance of winning. “The moment we’ve been waiting for finally arrived, and we couldn’t be more excited,” said Gordon Medenica, lead director of the Mega Millions Group and Director of Maryland Lottery and Gaming. “This is truly a historic occasion,” he added. The winner can take $913 million in a lump sum cash payment or the whole pile in annuities over 29 years. The jackpot got so big because no one had won since July, when a group of office workers in California shared $543 million. Until now the US record jackpot was $1.586 billion for a different lottery, called Powerball, i...

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A 30-year-old male nurse has claimed the other half of the P1.18 billion prize this week, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) confirmed on Tuesday. PCSO Assistant General for Gaming Sector Arnel Casas said the jackpot winner, who also had other part-time jobs aside from nursing, went to the PCSO main office in Mandaluyong City with his parents to claim his prize. Casas said the winner bought the winning ticket from a mall in Legazpi City, Albay and he personally chose the combination which won him the P472 million prize. The winner took more than one week to claim the prize because he had to plan his travel from Albay to Manila and he needed to secure his safety and family’s safety before he came forward to claim his prize, PCSO said. Casas added that the jackpot winner regularly bought lotto tickets hoping that he hits jackpot someday. The other half of the jackpot was claimed by the a lucky bettor from Borlongan, Eastern Samar a week ago. /muf

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WALANG kaduda-duda na ang pinakapalasak na pangungusap na pumailanlang sa lahat halos ng sulok sa bansa nitong nakaraang mga araw ay ang mga salitang — “kapag ako ang nanalo sa Lotto, tandaan mo…” gaya nang mga narinig ko sa iba’t ibang lugar na pinuntahan ko rito sa Metro Manila. ‘Yan ay bago pa man naganap ang pagbola nitong nakaraang Linggo ng gabi sa jackpot price na umabot sa mahigit P1 bilyon para sa Ultra-Lotto 6/58, na ayon sa report ng Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) ay tinamaan ng tig-isang ticket mula sa dalawang magkaibang lalawigan. Bagamat may report na ang mga nanalong tiket na may kombinasyon ng mga numerong 40-50-37-25-01-45 ay naibenta sa mga Lotto ticket outlet sa Bicol at Samar, ay hindi pa ito naiki-claim ng dalawang nanalo, na asahan nang hindi papangalanan ng PCSO para sa seguridad ng mga ito, sampu ng kanilang mga pamilya. Ito na ang pinakamalaking jackpot prize na naitala sa kasaysayan ng PCSO at unang pagkakataon na umabot sa P1bilyon ang j...

Na-‘take home’ na rin ng isa pang nanalo sa ₱1.18 billion jackpot prize ng Ultra Lotto 6/58. Ayon kay Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Deputy spokesperson Florante Solmerin – naiuwi na ng maswerteng winner ang kanyang bahagi na ₱472 million nitong Lunes, October 22. Ang nanalo ay isang 30-taong gulang na nurse, na binili ang winning ticket sa bagong bukas na mall sa Legazpi City, Albay. Dagdag pa ni Solmerin – wala pang tiyak na plano ang winner kung saan niya gagamitin ang napanalunan pero siguradong uunahin niyang bayaran ang lahat ng mga utang nito. Matatandaang una nang kinuna ng isang winner na taga-Borongan, Eastern Samar ang kanyang bahaging premyo noong nakaraang linggo.