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Winning the lotto jackpot

The fun in thinking about what would happen if our lotto numbers were drawn and we hit the lotto jackpot?

Winning a 6/55 third Prize of P2,000 or a second prize of P150,000 is pretty exciting, but a P50 million jackpot prize is pretty life changing.

But it also caused me to wonder how life would change. For the better, and perhaps, for the worse. Probably, any bad habits we had will seem to get much worse.


When money comes quickly, there is a tendency not to value it. Money that comes in easy will go away easy too.

So savor all the struggles of earning money. Money by itself will not make you happy. But how you earned the money and what you'll do with the money after you earned it can make you happy.

Dear GOD ....

why isn’t God answering my prayer?

I realize that our problem isn’t just a lack of faith, but a lack of patience. We are always in a hurry to win. Some of our biggest blessings will come only through time. Have faith and be patient—and your blessings will come.

Many took part in the annual feast of the Black Nazarene 3 weeks ago to implore God for help in solving money, family or business problems. Some came to ask to be healed of maladies, while some came to pray for a lotto jackpot.


Man buys 'winning lotto ticket' for only P15K

Lured by easy money, a man from Pampanga province bought a "winning lotto ticket" for only P15,000.

Elmer de Guzman, the lotto ticket buyer, said Grace Enriquez approached him asking where she could find a lotto outlet because she has a lotto ticket that won P150,000.

"Tapos inalok ako na bilhin na lang iyong ticket sa halagang P15,000, binigay ko," De Guzman said.

He said he immediately went to a lotto betting station in Angeles City and had the ticket validated. To his dismay, the ticket was confirmed a fake.

De Guzman immediately reported the incident to the Angeles City police, which resulted to the immediate arrest of the suspect.

Police said that they recovered 50 more fake lotto tickets from Enriquez.

Despite the arrest, police failed to recover De Guzman's money from Enriquez. Investigators believe the woman is a part of a bigger group that sells fake lotto tickets.

Henry Abijuella, chief of lottery operations in Angeles City, warned lotto fans in the province against the syndicate.

Abijuela said genuine tickets can only be bought from authorized lotto outlets.

"Kayo na ho mismo iyong tumaya at mag-validate ng inyong tickets. Huwag na po tayong magpaloko pa".


Thanks to Jayvie Dizon, ABS-CBN Pampanga

World’s wealthiest is a Filipino ?

Danilo Lihaylihay is a Filipino. He is not a treasure hunter for the Yamashita gold nor won any lotto jackpot.

But he may become one of the world’s wealthiest men if he could sway the Supreme Court into granting his multitrillion-peso claim against the government surpassing the $53.5 billion (X 50 pesos = 2 Trillion 650 billion pesos ) net worth of Mexican telco magnate or even Bill Gates.
Mr.Danilo Lihaylihay is a Tax informer who presses his P11-trillion reward.

Remember the old woman who wants to claim the P741 million lotto jackpot?
I wonder what happened to her and her grandchild.

This is the story
She said she asked her grandchild to buy 5 tickets. Her grandchild turned over 4 tickets, but didn't return the one that won the jackpot.

The old woman reportedly asked PCSO not to give the prize to her grandchild, who has not shown up and may have gone into hiding.


Woman claims syndicate in PCSO took her P14-M lotto prize.

A woman claiming to have won a P14-million lotto jackpot said she was duped by a syndicate at the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).

The woman from Tarlac province, who requested anonymity, said she immediately went to the PCSO's national office in Quezon City after winning a P14-million 6/45 lotto jackpot last February 2010.

She said a female PCSO employee named Loida Guevarra asked her to sign a special power of attorney and told her to open a bank account, where the lotto prize would be deposited.

The woman said the P14 million did not reach her bank account. She also said that she has confirmed with PCSO that the lotto prize has already been claimed.

Atty. Lauro Patiag, manager of the PCSO's legal department, denied the woman's claim. He said that the real winner of the 6/45 lotto prize was a resident of Metro Manila and not from Tarlac.

He, however, said that they will still look into the allegation of the woman.

Thanks to Kori Quintos, ABS-CBN Central Luzon.

Lotto winner says dont buy lotto tickets

Lotto Jackpot winners

Jan. 3, a lone bettor in Pasay City won P61.31 million in a Super Lotto 6/55 draw.
Jan. 5 and 6 two draws for Mega lotto Super 6/45 and Grand Lotto 6/49 produced two jackpot winners, who got P11.15 million and P47.21 million each.

Then on Jan. 7, six bettors shared the P4,955,526 million jackpot also in the Mega Lotto 6/45 draw, thus a total of 10 jackpot winners in four draws.
As the saying goes, only in the Philippines.


I found a story about a lotto winner from UK. While reading his story a question comes to my mind. Is winning the lotto jackpot a blessing or a curse?

LOTTO WINNER DRINKS HIMSELF TO DEATH

A £9MILLION lottery winner became so bored after giving up his job that he ended up drinking himself to death.

Keith Gough, 58, was thought to be penniless when he died in March from a heart attack brought on by stress and drinking.

He had blown a fortune on gambling and was duped out of more than £700,000 by a con artist.

But it has now emerged the former baker left almost £800,000 in his will – five years after his jackpot success.

Before his death, the father of two, from Bridgnorth, Shropshire UK, claimed the lottery win had “ruined” his life and urged others not to buy a ticket.

After scooping the jackpot in 2005, Mr Gough and his wife of 27 years, Louise, splashed out on a BMW, racehorses and a box at Aston Villa FC.

But his marriage ended in 2007 when he began drinking out of boredom.

Mr Gough checked into the Priory clinic in Birmingham in a bid to beat his alcohol addiction. But it was here that he met conman James Prince, who duped him into investing hundreds of thousands in bogus businesses. Prince, 37, was jailed for three years and four months at Chester Crown Court in June last year, after admitting fraud and money laundering.

Probate records have revealed Mr Gough left an estate of £1,286,820, reduced after liabilities to £783,802.

He admitted in an interview: “Without routine in my life, I started to spend, spend, spend. I was just bored.


Before the win, all I’d drink was wine with a meal. I used to be popular but I’ve driven away my friends. When I see people going in to a newsagent, I advise them not to buy lottery tickets.”

Several other winners have claimed their jackpots destroyed their lives.

Michael Carroll, 27, admitted that he was “glad it’s over” after blowing his £9.7million win in 2002 on gambling, drugs and prostitutes.

Callie Rogers, who won £2million aged 16 in 2003, tried to kill herself after wasting her cash on cocaine, saying: “I honestly wish I’d never won.”


Thanks to Jane Matthews for this Article

Filipino lotto winners from rags to riches

A resident of Pasay City became the first lotto millionaire this year.

The lone winner, who hit the P61,313,914.80 jackpot of the 6/49 Super Lotto draw the other night Jan.4 2011, bought the winning ticket with combination 26-20-22-18-11-10 at the Quick Stop Convenience Store in Gil Puyat Avenue in Pasay City.

A lotto player in Romblon won the P47-million jackpot of the 6/55 Grand Lotto draw, while a Makati City bettor got the P11-million prize of the 6/45 Mega Lotto draw also last Wednesday night Jan 5 2011.

The Grand Lotto winner bought the winning ticket with the number combination 48-15-07-46-18-05 at a lotto outlet in Romblon.

The winner of the Mega Lotto from Makati got the winning combination 35-28-03-23-14-18 with a jackpot of P11,158,895.60.

So you see 3 winners in a row. First for the 6/49 then 6/55 and 6/45 in 2 days draw.
Remember my November 5 2010 article, 5 millionaires in one week?
My friend was right, only in the Philippines.



Many of the lucky winners of the online lottery draws that now belong to the so-called Lotto Millionaires Club are actually “rags to riches” stories.

A 51-year-old mayordoma or governess who previously worked for a wealthy family in Bacolod City, was wearing a pair of worn out slippers when she claimed the P140 million jackpot she won in 2000 at the former PCSO office at the old Quezon Institute compound along E. Rodriguez Blvd. in Quezon City.

The Bacolod City mayordoma is now richer than her former masters.

Most of the members of the Lotto Millionaires Club were formerly poor citizens who became instant millionaires by betting on their favorite number combinations that represent significant dates in their lives like birthdays, wedding anniversaries, age of family members and even death anniversaries of their departed relatives.

A tricycle driver and his wife claimed a P18 million 6/45 lotto jackpot.
The winning couple collected the jackpot at the new PCSO office at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City, after they picked the winning combination 21-12-42-01-11-07 with a P18,538,048.80 jackpot.

“We will buy a house and lot,” said the driver whose identity was withheld as a matter of policy of the PCSO.

The driver said he would also save money for his three children’s future.

PCSO sources said the first priority of most lotto winners is to buy a house and lot, a car and open a new savings account for their winnings.

“Most of them (winners) want to live on the interest of their savings,” he said.

He said a meat vendor from Camarines Sur who won the P145 million jackpot of the 6/49 Super Lotto draw in 2000 has not withdrawn his savings from the bank to live a simple life earning P80,000 a month from the interest of his jackpot.

A 61-year-old construction worker from Novaliches, Quezon City who won P249 million jackpot in 2008 has also deposited all his money in the bank. The winner who is single had left his old shanty and is now living with a niece in a new house.

A 56-year-old house helper from Mandaluyong City, a 31-year-old public school teacher from Quezon City, a retired policeman from Manila, and five other winners have claimed their share of P22.5 million each from the P180 million jackpot of the 6/49 Super Lotto draw on April 8, 2008.

The teacher who is single bought a single ticket worth P20 where she picked the number combinations that depicts important events in her life, while the retired policeman paid P120 for 10 number combinations and the house helper also placed a standard bet for her favorite number combination.

Among the jackpot winners is a retired employee from Cebu City who won P135 million in January 2003.

Two friends from Pagadian City who split the jackpot of P104 million, spent P8,000 for the systems bet to win the lotto.

Thanks to Perseus Echeminada for this article and Happy New year to all.