Balik Taya

6/55              NO WINNER

DATE :         AUG.25, 2018

RESULT:     2-13-24-45-46-55

6/42              NO WINNER

DATE :         AUG.25, 2018

RESULT:     22-23-26-28-30-35


6/58

Draw Date 8/26/18 

Estimated Jackpot Prize P432M

6/49

Draw Date 8/26/18 

Estimated Jackpot Prize P16M

6/55

Draw Date 8/27/18 

Estimated Jackpot Prize P30M

6/45

Draw Date 8/27/18 

Estimated Jackpot Prize P21M

6/42

Draw Date 8/28/18 

Estimated Jackpot Prize P6M


6/42: 1 winner
Draw date: 8/23/18
Jackpot Prize: P6,438,172.00

A lucky lotto bettor from Makati is now a millionaire after winning the jackpot of 6/42 (8/23/18) draw.

The winner got the combination of 1-13-15-16-22-36 to win the jackpot worth P6.4million.

The winning ticket was bought from a lotto outlet at San Jose St. Brgy. Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City.


6/55: 1 winner
Draw date: 8/22/18
Jackpot Prize: P62,454,158.00

A lucky lotto bettor from Pangasinan is now a millionaire after winning the jackpot of 6/55 (8/22/18) draw.

The winner got the combination of 1-17-19-26-42-47 to win the jackpot worth P62.4 million.

6/49: 1 winner
Draw date: 8/21/18
Jackpot Prize: P47,841,537.00

A lucky lotto bettor from Cavite is now a millionaire after winning the jackpot of 6/49 (8/21/18) draw.

The winner got the combination of 4-9-17-19-28-29 to win the jackpot worth P47.8 million.

The winning ticket was bought from a lotto outlet at Waltermart, Gov. Drive Barangay Mabuhay, Cavite City.


6/42: 2 winners
Draw date: 8/16/18
Jackpot Prize: P22,741,821.00

Two lucky lotto bettors from Caloocan City and South Cotabato are now millionaires after winning the jackpot of 6/42 (8/16/18) draw.

The winners got the combination of 10-15-18-23-30-36 to win the jackpot worth P22.7 million or P11,370,910 each.

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, which earned P52.9 billion from its lottery games in 2017, is poised to face new challenges this year courtesy of the harsh taxes brought about by the TRAIN (Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion) law that didn’t spare the gaming agency.

For example, the PCSO increased prices of its lottery and other gaming tickets on July 23 as a result of the TRAIN law. Thus, lotto tickets that used to cost P20 now cost P24.

Recently, however, a lot of them were plainly frustrated, irritated and disillusioned. Their frustration stemmed from the fact that they feel cheated by the PCSO. Lotto bettors didn’t complain when lotto prices went up 20 percent last month. They complain about the balik taya. In lotto parlance, this means a bettor who gets three out of the six numbers right should be able to exchange his “winning” lotto ticket for a new bet as this has been the practice for the longest time.

That’s no longer the case. The PCSO has virtually ended the practice of balik taya because bettors who get three numbers right are now paid P20 for the winning ticket. Their complaint: “We bought the lotto ticket for P24, so we should get P24 for the three correct numbers.”

This may look like a trivial issue, but it can explode in the PCSO’s face. We don’t want to make poor people vent their anger on the gaming agency for unknowingly neglecting the  balik taya system. We don’t want them to view the PCSO as insensitive. The PCSO must recognize that lotto players are its customers. It must try to understand their needs. It must put them first, not last, in every decision-making process.

While the language of business—market share, sales level, earnings growth—is not the language of the PCSO, we don’t want to see its virtual monopoly vanish. We don’t want it to lose its support base. Besides, it needs to measure its performance as a revenue-generating agency of government. And the best way to do this is to look at how the people —lotto players, in particular—support its various games. The PCSO needs all the support it can get from lotto bettors, but it must also try to hear their complaints and promptly address them.

Source: BusinessMirror Editorial