Who says Filipinos are poor people? An anonymous lotto bettor forfeited to charity a total P173,918,451.60 after failing to claim the amount as his prize in winning the Super Lotto 6/49 jackpot on February 22, 2009.
The bettor did not show up to present the winning lotto ticket within a one-year period (Feb. 22, 2009 to Feb.22, 2010) from the day the six-number combination that hit the jackpot was drawn.
The forfeited money represents half of the record P347,836,903.20 jackpot prize that went up for grabs during the February 22, 2009 Superlotto 6/49 draw. The other half was won and claimed by a 50-year-old Caloocan City housewife who purchased the winning ticket combination of 06-34-20-26-12-33 from the lotto outlet of Alicia Ildefonso on Jose Street, Malibay, Pasay City. Last year’s P347.8-million jackpot was the highest cash prize recorded in the nine-year lottery history in the Philippines.
So who is this lotto winner who doesn't need the lotto jackpot prize money, and just give it to charity worth P173,918,451.60. If this lotto winner don't want to change his or her lifestyle, so be it. Most lotto bettors are ordinary people. And I don't believe that this lotto winner is a millionaire and just donated all the lotto prize to charity.
On my last blog titled A millionaire gives it all away. If this lotto winner has the same thinking, then this could really happen. For him money is nothing. And also my other blog titled Lotto jackpot prize still unclaimed.
Anyway this is Philippines, and our way of handling money is different. We even worship money. I remember a quote that says : We are a rich country pretending to be a poor country. Maybe then, this is true, because right now it is happening. We just give away P173 million to charity.
But perhaps this lotto winner doesn't really know, that the lotto ticket won the jackpot. And we can now all say goodbye .... P173 million.
