MANILA, Philippines -- One out of two adult Filipinos is hopeful to win the 6/49 Superlotto jackpot which is expected to reach P320 million, the biggest in the country's lottery history, a spokesman of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said Saturday.
"Based on our computation at least 25 million Filipinos, equivalent to half of the country's registered voters, have joined the pack who bet on Sunday’s draw,'' Larry Cedro told the Inquirer in a phone interview.
Cedro explained that only Filipinos 18 years old and above are allowed to place bets.
He said Sunday’s pot far exceeds the biggest pot ever won in the PCSO lottery by a single winner. In April 2008, a construction worker from Novaliches, Quezon City, won at least P249 million.
Cedro said that no ceiling would be placed on the pot.
"As long as there's no winner, the pot will increase depending on the sales,'' he said.
No one was able to correctly guess the six-number combination of 35-01-42-36-41-22 last Thursday, when the cash prize was already a whopping P288,146,473.20.
He said the PCSO has received suggestions that the prize money be divided into several draws, but this was not possible.
"We cannot divide the pot because it would be a violation of the rules of the PCSO,'' he said, adding the PCSO wished many would pick the winning combination so there would be more than just one winner.
He also said that despite the increased sales, they have not run out of bet slips and thermal paper.
"We have sufficient supply of materials for the bets and there's no need to print more,'' he said.
The lotto bug has not spared the rich and the famous, like businessman Willie Fernandez, art collector and dealer Louie Cruz, and Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco.
"I never liked gambling and I consider lotto one, because it's a game of chance, but if I win I will donate my winnings to charity and sponsor scholarship programs for deserving but poor students to go to reputable schools,'' Fernandez said.
Fernandez, who is engaged in various business ventures, lives in the upscale Ayala Alabang Village in Muntinlupa City, and holds office in his own three-story building in Makati City.
"Since I was based in Germany, I already placed bets on lotto, and that continued when I moved here several years ago,'' Cruz said.
Cruz added that in all the years he bet on the lotto, he has won only several hundred pesos.
"I usually guess three numbers correctly and I don't repeat winning numbers,'' he said.
Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco told the Inquirer that the huge pot has attracted even non-bettors.
"I don't place bets in lotto, but when the pot breached the P100-million mark and was increasing, it made me think and attracted me to bet,'' Tiangco said.
Tiangco added that spending the prize is not a problem, when asked what more he would do with his millions.
"What to do with the prize is not a problem, but winning is,'' he said.
For Alexander Portugal, 23, a restaurant owner Mandaluyong City, the lotto pot has always been a sort of inspiration.
"I know it's an impossible dream to win the jackpot, but I still bet because it inspires me that someday, I will be rich,'' he said.
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Still no winner in 6/49 Super Lotto
Thursday's winning combination was 35-1-42-36-41-22
Jackpot prize for Thursday was at P288,146,473.20, the largest single jackpot in the history of Philippine lotto. - GMANews.TV
SuperLotto 6/49 February 17, 2009 Result:
16-10-12-39-47-7
Jackpot Price= around PhP230,000,000
Winner of Jackpot Price= None!
my lotto ticket na talo. ni hindi naka2 numbers..pero oks lang, wala naman daw nanalo today, kaya me chance pa uli, sabi sa news sa channel 2 now, is aabot na sa Php250 Million ang jackpot price sa next draw ng Supperlotto 6/49-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Feb. 15 , 2009 SuperLotto 6/49 Results:
30-38-42-43-46-49
Jackpot Price= PhP206,375,533
Winner of Jackpot : NONE!
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No winner for P206-M Superlotto pot!
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) The Superlotto pot, which had exceeded P206 million, will grow even more after nobody won Sunday night’s draw, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) announced.
Larry Cedro, PCSO spokesman, said nobody got the combination 30-38-42-43-46-49 to win P206,375,533.20
Cedro said the jackpot went up to P200,369,304.00 as of 6 p.m., with the game's day sales at P145,122,240 at the given time.
Cedro said they are still calculating how much the pot would be in the next draw on Tuesday.
The highest pot ever won in the PCSO lotto by a single person was around P249 million in 2008.
Long lines had been forming at lotto outlets over the past few weeks as the jackpot grew.
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