This is a story about a Filipino lotto winner way back 2007 who won P 405 million pesos because she prayed for help and that prayer was answered.
By The Denver Post
Posted: 11/27/2007 07:16:17 AM MST
Gloria Aguda plans to pay off mortgage, help her family from her $9 million ( P405 million pesos )lotto prize money.
Gloria Aguda was on the verge of losing her home to foreclosure and couldn't afford a trip to the doctor. Depressed, the 50-year-old Fountain resident prayed for help. Last week those prayers were answered when she matched all six numbers in the Lotto drawing for a $9 million (P405 million pesos ) jackpot.
"My heart was pounding so bad," said Aguda, a single mother of two adult sons who has worked two jobs to support her family.
The family struggled to make ends meet as Aguda also studied to become a medical assistant. "My kids have worked so hard to save the house," a tearful Aguda said in a statement released by the Colorado Lottery.
She plans to pay off the mortgage on her home and other bills with the cash lump sum of $4.5 million she opted for, Colorado Lottery officials said.
Aguda also will provide financial support for her extended family, including a partially blind brother who lives in her native Philippines. The money will also allow Aguda's sons to finish college and pay off school loans.
She purchased the winning Lotto ticket from the Safeway at 6925 Mesa Ridge Road in Fountain. The store will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, Lotto officials said.
