Friday, March 30, 2012
Safety of lotto winners
6/49 - 1 winner
Draw date: 3/25/2012
18-23-35-40-45-46.
A lone bettor who placed a bet in Barangay Rosario, Pasig City won the P81,871,455.60 Super Lotto 6/49 jackpot last Sunday.
The winner is the 16th instant millionaire this month.
6/42 - 1 winner
Draw date: 3/24/2012
4-5-11-15-30-42
A 41-year-old construction worker of Naguilian, Isabela, won the 6/42’s P9,594,385.20 jackpot.
The winner has been betting for five years everyday on his favorite numbers, combining family members’ birth dates.
He placed a P10 bet that day at a lotto outlet in Naguilian, and finally struck it rich.
The 6/42 odds is one in 5.25 million.
In case you win a lotto jackpot, will you feel safe?
Lotto jackpot winners and future lucky bettors have no reason to worry about their confidentiality because it will remain a tightly-kept secret for their safety and security.
PCSO keeps the records of the winners strictly confidential.
Lawyer-Accountant Lauro A. Patiag, manager of the Internal Audit Department of the Finance Sector, said records of the winners are not available to the public, even to the employees of the agency.
If a winner voluntarily exposes himself or herself to the public, then that is a different story, "PCSO has no control over jackpot winners showing themselves to the public.
Dionie Reyes, 47, a native of Las Pinas, became a sort of a media "celebrity" after voluntarily exposing himself to the public.
Reyes said he came out because he wanted other lotto winners to learn from his mistakes.
Did you know ....
Prizes not claimed by lotto winners within one year from date of draw shall be considered forfeited.
Just recently, two lotto jackpot winners failed to claim their Lotto Prizes after 365 days.
The winner of Lotto 6/42 on March 15, 2011 with a jackpot prize of P23,762,775.60
and the winner of Mega Lotto 6/45 on March 25, 2011 with a jackpot prize of P4.5 million.