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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.

lotto winner gives away 562 million Pesos

I found this story very interesting because this winning couple understand that their are more things important than money.


An elderly couple who won around $11,255,272 million ( X 50 pesos ) from a lottery ticket in Canada have given the money away to good causes and family.

Violet and Allen Large, who live in rural Nova Scotia, decided they had no need for the money and, four months after the Lotto 6-49 win, have given virtually all of it to churches, animal charities, hospitals and other groups.

"What you've never had, you never miss," Violet Large, 78, who is recovering from cancer. "We have an old house, but we're comfortable and we're happy in it."

"It made us feel good," she said about giving the money away. "And there’s so much good being done with that money."

Allen Large was a steel welder and his wife worked for cosmetics and chocolate companies during 30 years when they lived in Ontario. Married since 1974, they moved to Lower Truro in Nova Scotia in 1983.
They were pretty well set, not millionaires, but comfortable.

He described the lottery win as "a big headache," while his wife was concerned about "crooked people" who might try to exploit them.

'We have each other'
"That money that we won was nothing — we have each other," Allen Large told the newspaper, which said he choked back tears as he spoke.

The Chronicle-Herald said after giving some money to family, the couple made donations to various good causes such as:

* the local fire department;
* churches;
* cemeteries;
* the Red Cross;
* the Salvation Army;
* hospitals in Truro and Halifax that treated Violet Large for cancer;
* and organizations that fight cancer, Alzheimer's disease and diabetes.

"We're the lucky ones. I have no complaints," Violet Allen said.

The Globe and Mail newspaper said the couple lived in a 19th century home and drove a 13-year-old car and a five-year-old truck. They don't have a microwave and are even without voicemail.

'We're not high-class people'
The news has already sparked headlines as far away as the U.K., but Violet Large said they had not given away the money for fame.

"We didn’t do it to get recognized. Why spend money when you already have everything you need?" she told the Globe and Mail Thursday.

"We haven't spent even one penny on ourself. We're not travelers and we're not high-class people," she added.

Her husband said they had "a little bit left, not that much."

"But we had sufficient before. We worked for 30 years and put some away each year," he added, according to the Globe and Mail.

The Toronto Star reported that the news of the couple's generosity was the talk of the town.

"People who know them just know that's the type of people they are — they're just happy to have each other," Lori Hingley, owner of the Shillelagh House restaurant in Lower Truro, told the paper.

"I think people are wondering why they didn't keep any and treat themselves, but mostly people just think it's great how generous they were," she added.

Thanks to msnbc.com for this beautiful article and Merry X mas to all.

How Filipino lotto winners claimed their millions

MANILA, Philippines - Lotto winners faces tough security check at the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) before he could claim his prize.

Before he can enter the new PCSO office at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), he has to register his name and state the purpose of his visit at the guard station.

If he is a prizewinner, he will be asked if he won a minor or a major prize, information that some winners do not want to disclose.

His ticket will then be verified for the winning combination. If the winnings are confirmed, he will be issued a check within two hours.

As policy of the PCSO management, his identity will not be disclosed but will be recorded in the logbook of the PICC and in the CCTV cameras in the compound.

Hitting the lotto jackpot can be both life changing and taxing to the winner, security-wise. Because of this, some winners take some time to claim their prize.

A PCSO source disclosed that the winner of the P201 million Super Lotto jackpot last February carefully planned the claiming of his instant wealth and its expenditure.

The winner of the P210,473,805.60 jackpot prize, waited three months before claiming his prize.

The source said that he first went to the PCSO office along E. Rodriguez Avenue to observe the building. Deciding that claiming the prize so soon may endanger his life, he transferred his family to another residence and went on a mountain climbing retreat to ponder on how to deal with his fortune.

After three months, he surfaced at the PCSO office wearing a wig and large sunglasses.

“He was so cool, he did not create any waves, he presented his winning ticket and upon verification he got the check for his winnings,” the source said.

The winner casually walked out of the PCSO office. That was the last they saw of him.

The source also disclosed that in 2008, a 61-year-old construction worker from Novaliches claimed his P249- million jackpot after a weeklong stakeout at the PCSO compound.

On the first day of his surveillance, the winner pretended to seek medical assistance. After observing the procedures at the compound, he and a niece went directly to the office of the chairman to claim his winnings.


Thanks to Perseus Echeminada for this article.

Filipino lotto winner tells his sad story

THE P741-million Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot prize has already been claimed Thursday afternoon by a 60-year-old male Balikbayan.

The Balikbayan from New York had also confirmed that he bought the winning ticket at a lotto outlet in Royal Duty Free Mall in Olongapo City.

The lucky bettor was accompanied by his three relatives.

He also requested the agency to divide the prize into two checks.

The winner arrived in the country on November 8 together with his wife and three children to attend a reunion.

On Tuesday, an 82-year-old woman tried to claim the jackpot prize but she failed to present the winning ticket.

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. Well lets wait for this story on how it will end.

A tricycle driver from Tanay, Rizal and a jeepney driver from Taguig got more than P2-million jackpot each for the 6/45 Mega Lotto draws last Dec. 1 draw and the Dec. 4 draw.

This reminds me of my previous article that's says even one bet will do.
The 32-year-old tricycle driver bought only two tickets worth P20 , one with the lucky pick numbers chosen by the computer and the other his own set of numbers.



We all dream of hitting the big one, or wish that we could fall into instant riches by simply choosing the right winning lotto numbers or allowing them to be randomly generated from a computerized lotto machine onto
a little piece of paper,just like the Olongapo lotto jackpot winner.

But it has often been said that we should be very careful about what we wish for as everything comes with a price.

The actual chances of becoming a lotto winner are astronomical to begin with, but when fate intervenes, miraculous things can happen that will forever change a person’s life, for better or worse.

A Lotto winner who won P82 million in 2004 is now experiencing financial troubles.
Christian Tongol from Pampanga won P82 million in the lottery in 2004, but now he sometimes finds himself short on cash.

After winning big, he was able to buy six houses and three vehicles, embark on several business ventures, give his family property, help out people in need, and fund the construction of a barangay church and basketball court.

However, one misfortune after another befell him. Three family members--his father, father in law and sibling--were hospitalized for long periods of time before they passed away. Tongol himself was also involved in an accident.

Now, only a house in Pampanga, a motorcycle, and a fishpond are all that's left of the Tongols' posessions. Sometimes, their earnings are not enough for their daily needs.

Today he confesses there are times he struggles to keep up with his obligations.

Lucky pick wins P741.156m

A lone bettor who defied a one-to-29 million chance of winning and grabbed the P741,176,323.20 jackpot, the highest in the country's on-lottery games
after the 86th draw of Grand Lotto

The punter, one of the scores of millions who placed their bets Monday, will now go down in the record books as the bettor who defied near impossible odds to win the richest prize ever in PCSO on-line lotteries.

53 bettors guessed five numbers correctly and will get P150,000 each, 3,967 have four correct numbers for P2,000 prize each, and 99,541 got three right numbers for P150 each.


The luckiest person who won the biggest jackpot in the history of the Philippine lotto placed the winning bet in Olongapo City.

The lone winner bought the winning ticket inside the lone lotto outlet inside the Subic Bay Freeport. it was a "lucky pick" or was randomly picked by the computer.


For the past 86 draws you feel so excited on every draw. You never missed to bet because you have to be consistent in your bets just to make sure chances are you might hit the jackpot.

But the smoke has been cleared and 1 lotto bettor made it. I know you still have a hangover on it because you didn't hit the jackpot and it will take at least few more days just to get over it. And 6 more months just to reach that kind of jackpot prize again.

And yet...how many dreams have you had - how many
important Plans have you set?
Does it frustrate you? Make you sad?

Maybe even a little angry because you've worked so hard. You have use all your formulas all the computations and maybe all ways just to come up with a good combination's of numbers but still failed and you still haven't won the jackpot.


It is because we cannot force God to let our lotto numbers come out anytime we want. We should let God on its own time, let our lotto numbers come out.

All lotto Jackpot winners have realized this when they won the Jackpot. They waited for it. So you have to wait for it too. And your time will come. Anytime now, just believe on it and it will come, believe me.

Everyone has a chance to win. Every bettor has a chance of winning. It’s a game of
chance. The most important thing is just be consistent only in your bet.
Your chance of winning is just as good as anyone else.

Remember the chance of the lotto Jackpot winner from Olongapo city and your chance of winning the lotto jackpot was just the same, except that He or She was more luckier than us.