Lotto bettors will have another crack tomorrow at winning one of the biggest lottery pots in the history of the country as the 6/55 Grand Lotto pot is expected to hit the P160-million mark for tomorrows draw.
A total of 16 bettors missed only one number from the winning six-number combination of 43-49-53-44-37-23 for last Wednesday April 27 draw.. Each will receive P150,000 in consolation prize.
A total of 22 bettors also missed one number from the winning six-number combination of 38-10-49-40-09-26 last Monday April 25 lotto draw
This is the first time this year that the lotto jackpot breached P100 million after a balikbayan from New York City hit the biggest lotto jackpot prize of P740 million late last year in olongapo.
The second biggest lotto jackpot was P347 million for the 6/45 Mega Lotto game. The jackpot was shared by two winners from Olongapo again and Pasig City, but the winner from Pasig did not came forward and the jackpot prize was forfeited by PCSO.
While the 3rd biggest lotto jackpot was P264 million for the 6/49. The winner was a 61-year-old construction worker from Novaliches in Quezon city who won the jackpot in 2008.
3 Lotto winners famous for their misfortune
Jason Canterbury, from the Cape Flats, who won R6.7-million in the lottery in 2003 at the age of 18. He was sentenced to 28 years in jail for murder after turning to drugs and crime to support his lifestyle after his winnings evaporated.
William Post, who won more than $780-million in a US draw in 1998, only to end up living on a social grant after relatives siphoned away his windfall.
Jeffrey Dampier, who died after his 1986 US win of $134- million. His sister-in-law, who had hoped to inherit his windfall, was sentenced to life in prison for his murder.
