As far as the month of January 2011 is concerned, many winners of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on-line lotto games said they used their dates of birth in coming up with the winning combination which turned them into instant millionaires.
From Jan. 2 to 30, the PCSO headed by Chairperson Margarita P. Juico has produced 17 jackpot winners starting with Super Lotto 6/49's draw on Jan. 4 with a lone winner grabbing the P61.31 million.
Of the 17 winners, 11 joined the millionaires' club, with the least prize going into three lucky bettors who shared the P4.79 million bonanza in the Mega Lotto 6/45 draw on Jan. 14.
Figures provided to the Manila Bulletin by lawyer Jose Malang and Manuel "Manny" Garcia, managers of the PCSO's Internal Audit Department (PCSO-IAD) and Publicity and Public Relations Department (PCSO-PPRD), respectively, showed that nine of the winners used number combination from their birth dates.
The winners who used their birth dates included a retired government employee (Jan. 5), a Small Town Lottery (STL) collector in Laguna on Jan. 7, a building administrator (Jan. 7), a housewife (Jan. 7), a student (Jan. 14), another housewife (Jan. 14), a former security guard (Jan. 14), and two who (Jan. 7 and Jan. 21) did not mention their kind of work.
Based from the profiles of the January lucky lotto patrons, majority of them were from the ranks of the poor.
Source: Manila bulliten By EDD K. USMAN
