Lotto 6/49 jackpot reaches P108M

Total prize money of P108 million awaits the lucky winner of the Lotto 6/49 draw on Sunday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said Friday.

PCSO General Manager Rosario Uriarte said the June 3 draw is only the sixth time that the lotto prize money exceeded P100 million.

Uriarte said the biggest Lotto 6/49 jackpot given by PCSO was in October 2002 when six winners shared the P202 million jackpot.

A meat vendor in Camarines Norte won the second biggest 6/49 jackpot prize worth P145 million in January 2006. Uriarte said the winner did not withdraw the money from the bank but instead used its P80,000 monthy interest for his family's needs.

The third biggest winner came from Bacolod City, a 51-year-old widow with eight children who worked as a house helper to a wealthy family. Uriarte said the widow wore worn-out slippers that did not even match when she came to collect the prize money.

A retired employee from Cebu took home the fourth biggest jackpot, which amounted to P135 million in January 2003. The employee was a father of three whose wife was working as a house helper in Hong Kong.

Two winners split the fifth biggest lotto jackpot of P104 million in September 2001. Uriarte said the two friends spent P8,000 in bets.


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