So who's next ?

6/49- 0 winner
Draw date: 9/18/2012
Expected Jackpot Prize 95 million

6/55- 2 winners
Draw date: 9/12/2012
Jackpot Prize  P299,897,496.00
5-17-25-26-49-52

After a series of no-winner draws, Grand Lotto 6/55, with a whopping P299.7-million jackpot, finally fell Wednesday to two bettors in Bataan and Southern Leyte.

Wednesday's draw of 6/55 generated a revenue totaling P162,611,980, or 8,130,599 bets.

81 bettors will get P150,000 as consolation prize for guessing five correct numbers..

The P299 million jackpot started with the P30 million minimum jackpot prize  on July 7 this year, and fell to bettors on its 30th draw.

6/55 produced its first "Instant Millionaire" on May 12, 2010, with the winner pocketing P134 million.

From May 12, 2010 to Sept. 12, 2012, 6/55 has only 18 jackpot winners, the biggest of which is P741.17 million on Nov. 29, 2010, won by a 60-year-old Filipino engineer working in the United States.

The odds of 6/55 is one in 28.99 million.

So who's next ?

Reluctant millionaires

6/49- 0 winner
Draw date: 9/13/2012
Expected Jackpot Prize 75 million


6/55- 2 winners
Draw date: 9/12/2012
Jackpot Prize  P299,897,496.00
5-17-25-26-49-52

Two bettors split P300 million lotto jackpot

Two lucky bettors from Leyte and Bataan won the 6/55 lotto draw (9/12/12) they will share the jackpot prize of almost P300 milion.

They will equally receive  P149,948,748.00 each.

The biggest jackpot prize in the history of the PCSO online lotto draw was more than P741 million that a balikbayan from New York won after he bought the winning ticket at a lotto outlet in Olongapo City in November 2010.


Do you want to be a millionaire?

Many people do. They dream about mansions,expensive SUV,  android cellphones,  laptops, iPhone, tablets etc. 
The sad truth is that winning the lottery isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be.
One day someone is an average Juan de la cruz, and the next morning they are a millionaire.
The pressure and potential are just too much for some people.
Stories in other Countries of lotto winners going to jail, going bankrupt,broken families, drugs, etc. and regretting that they have won.

I found a very interesting story about a husband and wife lotto winners who are a unwillingly or  a reluctant lotto winners or maybe this couple just wanted to make sure about their lives that nothing bad will happen to them.

Have you ever heard of a “reluctant” millionaire? Neither have I! But while some people strive to be rich, or will die tryin’, there are two lottery winners who weren’t in such a hurry.

They actually held off collecting their millions because they were “reluctant” about being rich.

The Mega Millions numbers were drawn on Aug. 20, 2010, and there was a winning ticket sold in North Carolina. Raleigh Hill discovered he was blessed with being the owner of that winning ticket but he delayed claiming the proceeds from the million-dollar win.

He didn’t even tell his wife about it until several weeks after realizing his ticket was a winner!
So why the delayed gratification you ask?

Well, it certainly wasn’t because they were already rich. Raleigh, who bought the ticket, is a baggage handler, and his wife Erin works for the federal government.  Average everyday middle-class Americans.
Raleigh was so fearful of all “the hoopla,” that he sat on that information and kept it all to himself. And then one day, when Erin was fretting about having an awful day, he let her in on his secret.

And yet they still both decided to wait… for 6 whole months before claiming the dough. Stashing the lucrative ticket away in safe places like inside a Bible, a shoebox, an envelope and a work locker.

The Hills finally came forward , ONE DAY before the prize was to expire. They split the prize money and each received a lump sum of $340,000 (P14 million each) after taxes.

Apparently the couple was haunted by a sense of unease over the many stories they’d heard about lottery winnings destroying lives and relationships. And can you blame them?

I know you remember that story about Abraham Shakespeare….the lottery winner who was found buried in concrete?

There have been story after story about “the lottery curse” and several previous winners have wished they could give it all back.

I think the Hills were smart in waiting and investigating their options. Considering Biggie’s “More Money More Problems” theory.

It would be wise to consider all the factors prior to claiming any big win.


Source: Straight from the A
             by ATLien

Don't be a bankrupt lotto jackpot winner

6/55- 0 winner
Draw date: 9/08/2012
Expected Jackpot Prize P 235 Million


6/49- 0 winner
Draw date: 9/06/2012
Expected Jackpot Prize 50 million


6/45 - 1 winner
Draw date 8/24/2012
Jackpot prize P52.2 million

 A tricycle driver from Laguna won the August 24 6/45 Mega Lotto draw.
The winner used the number combination of   10-29-30-31-37-38.
The exact amount of the prize was P52, 244, 391.


6/42 - 1 winner
Draw date 8/21/2012
Jackpot prize P12.6 million

A 42-year-old  real estate agent who has been helping a group of blind beggars in his hometown in Cavite province plans to share his winnings with them as well as with his parish after hitting the P12.6-million jackpot in the Aug. 21,2012   6/42 lotto draw.

 The lotto winner, who had been betting on the state lottery for the last 17 years, picked the winning combinations of  4-17-18-24-33-35 based on the birthdays of his wife and three children.



Remember  Dionie Reyes who won the Lotto 6/42 draw on April 22, 2008, who lived the life of a millionaire and spend all his winnings  for three months?

He lived in a P4-million house in a posh subdivision, drove around in a sports utility vehicle (SUV), and gave goodwill money, ranging P1,000 to P 850,000, to relatives and friends. He also gambled daily, womanized, and went on regular drinking sprees.

You don't want to be like him, would you?

The 99% of lotto bettors will tell you NO.



 Don't be a bankrupt lotto jackpot winner.

After a big lotto jackpot win, planning is everything, the initial decisions you make are going to determine if the money will bring you great happiness or if you are destined to become another riches to rag story.

One reason why a lotto jackpot winner goes bankrupt because  the lotto winner have had no previous experience in handling the large amounts of money that can be won in the lotto, nor are they aware of the pitfalls of having to much money.


Some of the most common mistakes are:

 1. Failure To Manage the money

 2. Irresponsible Spending

 3. Failure to invest properly

 4.  Lifestyle choices

5.  Friends and relatives

6. Drugs and Alcohol

7. Gambling


But, like any large windfall of money, either from lotto or inheritance you need to handle your new found fortune carefully. That means have a concrete plan.

The best advice at the moment is to deposit it first in the bank.  Do not do anything until the smoke clears from your head.

Lucky lotto outlet

6/55- 0 winner
Draw date: 9/01/2012
Expected Jackpot Prize P 177 Million

6/49- 0 winner
Draw date: 8/30/2012
Expected Jackpot Prize P 30 Million


6/45- 1 winner
Draw date: 8/24/2012 
10-29-30-32-37-38
Jackpot Prize P 52,244,391.60

A bettor who placed a bet in Cabuyao, Laguna won the P52,244,391.60 jackpot in the Mega Lotto 6/45 last Friday. (8/24/12)


The jackpot for the 6/55 Grand Lotto is expected to hit P177 million for Saturday’s  (9/01/2012 ) draw after no one won the prize in Wednesday's draw. (8/29/12)


6/55 draw Aug 25, 2012
13 lotto bettors won the second prize of P150,000 when they guessed five of the six-digit combination  of   27-31-37-39-46-53 which carried the jackpot of P145 million


6/55 draw Aug 22, 2012
137 lotto bettors won the second prize of P150,000 when they guessed five of the six-digit combination  of 3-6-24-35-36-42 which carried the jackpot of P134 million .



Could not find your lucky lotto outlet ?

Sun sign in your horoscope can provide some advice for your activities, such as trying to win the lotto. Check out your sign and find which place is best for you to buy your lotto ticket.


ARIES (March 21--April 20)
Buy tickets: near a hardware store

TAURUS (April 21--May 21)
Buy Tickets: near a flower shop

GEMINI (May 22--June 2
Buy tickets: near a bus or train station

CANCER (June 22--July 22)
Buy tickets: near a grocery store

LEO (July 23--August 22)
Buy tickets: near a sporting goods store

VIRGO (August 23--September 23)
Buy tickets: near a newsstand

LIBRA (September 24--October 23)
Buy tickets: near a beauty shop

SCORPIO (October 24--November 22)
Buy tickets: in basement of a building or Mall

SAGITTARIUS (November 23--December 21)
Buy tickets: near a college school

CAPRICORN (December 22--January 20)
Buy tickets: at a store near your job

AQUARIUS (January 21--February 19
Buy tickets: near a airport

PISCES (February 20--March 20
Buy tickets: near a gas station

lotto winners act of kindness

6/55- 0 winner
Draw date: 8/25/2012
Expected Jackpot Prize P 142 Million

6/45- 0 winner
Draw date: 8/24/2012
Expected Jackpot Prize P 50 Million

6 lottery winners who did some serious good!

Every time a big jackpot rolls around, it seems people always have the same tireless conversations. If a huge pile of cash suddenly fell in your lap tomorrow, what would you spend it on?

Maybe you'd spend it on your family, make sure your kids or parents were set for life, lavish yourself and your loved ones with trips or new cars, or simply pay off all the bills and do some seriously smart investing. With that much money, charitable giving would probably be on your mind, too, and there are plenty of big jackpot winners who have actually done *gasp* really good things with their fortunes.


Colin and Chris Weir: Little acts of kindness add up big
The British couple snagged the highest jackpot in the country's history, 161 million pounds (almost $251 million in U.S. dollars). They are known for using their money to basically fund any good deed they care to, most recently buying a fancy new prosthetic limb for a young teen who had lost his leg to cancer. They have also helped a promising young Scottish tennis player get quality training, funded several athletic improvement projects and paid for the refurbishment of a historic paddle steamer.


Allen and Violet Large: 'What you never had, you never miss'
In 2010, Canadian couple Allen and Violet Large won a $11.2 million Lotto prize. Violet Large was enduring treatments for cancer, and the couple decided to give away most of their fortune to family, friends, hospitals, churches, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and even their local fire department. Their logic was pretty simple: "What you never had, you never miss," Violet said. They truly prove that the real prize of life has nothing to do with money. "That money that we won was nothing," Allen said. "We have each other."


Anonymous donor: A fortune in a church's collection plate
The pastor at a struggling Baltimore parish got a huge surprise when he discovered a winning $30,000 lottery ticket in the collection plate one Sunday in 2011. The ticket, which had already been scratched off to reveal the prize, was left anonymously, and at first, the pastor didn't know why it had been left behind. It was only when he took it to the Maryland Lottery Headquarters that he confirmed the jackpot. The money was used to cover church expenses, and, of course, to do what churches should do best. "We have a lot of people in need,” the pastor said. “Hopefully, we can give some back, especially since this is the way we received it.”


Sheelah Ryan: A lasting legacy of helping others
When Sheelah Ryan won $55 million in 1988, the media storm rolled in, along with unsolicited investments and even marriage proposals. Ryan, however, kept a low profile, and instead started the Ryan Foundation. Her foundation provided countless charitable efforts, everything from paying overdue rent for single mothers and helping stray cats, to supporting low-cost housing projects. Ryan died in 1994, but her foundation lives on to continue charitable work in her name. "I thank God every day that I have the ability to help others, not that I won," Ryan had said of her winnings.


Les Robins: Invest in a passion
In 1993, Les Robins' $111 million payday was the highest Powerball jackpot in the country. Robins, a junior high school teacher, founded Camp Winnegator, a day camp for local Wisconsin children. The camp sits on a 226-acre plot, also bought by Robins. Camp Winnegator is still going strong, a testament that fast fortune can still add up to long-lasting kindness.


Jim Dancy: Every little bit counts
Compared to some other jackpots, Jim Dancy's $10,000 prize from 2009 seems positively paltry. But 10 grand is big money to most, and after talking to friends, the Michigan man decided to donate the whole thing to the Kalamazoo United Way. The president of the KUW called the donation "an act of incredible kindness and generosity," and Dancy said he felt good about his decision. "I know the needs in the community are great right now, so for me it was the right thing to do," he said

What good causes would you turn to if you were suddenly a mega-millionaire?

Source :

HLM

By: AJ Willingham

A winning lotto ticket ?

6/55- 0 winner
Draw date: 8/18/2012
Expected Jackpot Prize P 115 Million

6/45- 0 winner
Draw date: 8/17/2012
Expected Jackpot Prize P 35 Million

6/49- 1 winner
Draw date: 8/14/2012
1-9-12-37-38-47
Jackpot Prize P 28,530,781.20 Million


A lotto bettor from Tondo  and Cavite shared the lotto  Jackpot after claiming their over Php4 million pot money each in the July 23 Mega Lotto, 6/45 draw .

The first winner, a 51-year-old welder, shared the jackpot prize of Php 8,216,550 or Php4,108,275 with his co-winner from Cavite, who also claimed half of the jackpot prize.

It actually took five days before he learned he was one of the two jackpot winners, after he saw the winning numbers posted at the lotto outlet near his home where he bought a ticket for P20.

He deliberately delayed claiming the prize for several days so his neighbors won’t take notice that he had won in the lotto.

He has been betting  the lotto for 10 years.

The other lucky bettor, who hailed from Cavite province, claimed the other half of the jackpot three days after the draw.

The winning number combinations were  7-12-23-27-29-34.


A lotto bettor from  San Jose, Antique also  won the Php 15,136,385 jackpot prize in the Aug. 9  6/42 lotto draw with winning number combinations of 14-22-25-33-41-42.



Thinking of winning the  lotto jackpot in an illegal way?
I found a story on how a woman tried to claim a lotto jackpot with a fake winning lotto ticket.


An Elgin, Illinois, woman tried to cash in on the record $656 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot with a ticket she bought online eight minutes after the winning numbers were drawn.

Leandria Williams, 28, was initially charged with wire fraud for falsifying documents. She has now been charged with attempted theft and forgery..

An investigator from the Illinois Department of Lottery contacted the sheriff's office on April 4 after Williams came into the lottery claims office in Des Plaines and said she had a winning ticket for the Mega Millions jackpot drawn on March 30,

The ticket bore the winning numbers, but records showed only three Mega Millions winners and none of those tickets were from the Chicago area.

Lottery logs showed Williams' ticket was produced shortly after 10 p.m. on March 30, eight minutes after the winning numbers were drawn. Williams also produced an email receipt that was altered.
Lottery officials told Williams she had to complete a claim form that would be sent to Springfield for verification.

Williams filled out the form and submitted her fraudulent documents.
Lottery officials and police met with Williams on April 16 and she was arrested. Officials said today that Williams' scam was the first of its kind in Illinois.

Source : lottery post



Remember: When God closes a door, He opens a window, but at times He shut both.
Worry not for He would tear down the roof so His blessings will overflow.

"Instant Millionaires"

                               

6/55- 0 winner
Draw date: 8/8/2012
Expected Jackpot Prize P 85 Million



A national government employee working in the city of Manila took home today  more than P72 million in winnings.

The 51-year-old government worker, husband, and father of two was the lone winner of the Superlotto 6/49 draw last July 31.

When he went to pick up the check for P72,709,153.20 at PCSO on this morning, he told officials the winning combination he had bet on—02-28-10-07-38-08— “came from a chapel” under construction in his home province.

 The lotto winner may have been referring to the number of the building permit for the chapel.

The winner recently visited his home province and checked on the chapel before placing his bet on July 31.


The man bought the ticket at a lotto outlet inside a supermarket near Nagtahan Bridge. He and his wife were grocery-shopping and decided to bet P360 at the outlet before heading home.

The man had been betting for seven years, thrice a week.



A tropical storm battering Metro Manila and nearby provinces on Monday could not stop a 32-year-old sewer and mother of three children from going to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) from her home in Bulacan to claim the P21 million lotto jackpot.

A factory worker earning a minimum wage, the bettor won the 6/45 draw on July 18 when she picked the winning numbers 02-4-9-18-27-28.

She paid P20 for the 2 tickets  combinations which she had picked according to her children’s birthdays and ages..

Another lucky bettor  won the jackpot  prize of P34,087,183.20 in the Lotto 6/42 draw.

The winner placed the winning bet in Valenzuela City on July 28, matching the drawn combination of Lotto 6/42’s . 2-3-5-10-31-34

The biggest winner for the month of  July is a Sorsogon City single mother who won P163 million in the Grand Lotto 6/55 draw last July 4.



 1,763  lotto millionaires

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), from 1995 to June 2012, has now produced a total of 1,763 "Instant Millionaires" through its four major on-line lotteries, with a combined jackpot payout of P32,292,482,596.20.

PCSO data showed that from 1995 to June 2012.

6/42 has created 857 "Instant Millionaires" (IMs) with a total payout of P9,748,254,139.56

6/45 -   659 IMs and P11,426,604,138.84 payout.

6/49 -   230 IMs and P8,753,578,440.60 payout.

6/55 -   17 IMs and P2,364,045,877.20. payout.

PCSO allocates from every peso from lotto bets 55 percent for Prize Fund, 30 percent for Charity Fund, and 15 percent for Operating Fund. Prizes unclaimed after year are forfeited and transferred to the Charity Fund.

More figures showed that for six months in 2012, from January 2 to June 30,

6/42 has 26 IMs and P263,637,190.20 payout.

6/45 - 24 IMs and P335,875,192.20 payout.

6/49 - 12 IMs and P459,620,662.80 payout.

6/55 - 5 IMs and P535,656,856.80. payout.


 Source :  By EDD K. USMAN

How to claim your lotto jackpot prize

6/55- 0 winner
Draw date: 8/1/2012
Expected Jackpot Prize P 67 Million


6/49 - 1 winner
Draw date: 7/31/2012
2-7-8-10-28-38
Jackpot Prize P 72,709,153.20


6/42 -  1 winner
Draw date: 7/28/2012
 2-3-5-10-31-34
Jackpot Prize  34,087,183.20


How to claim your jackpot prize.

It takes less than an hour for lotto winners to claim their prizes.

A winner first has to present his or her winning ticket for validation at a teller of the agency’s Internal Audit Department (PCSO-IAD).

Once the ticket is confirmed to be genuine and a winner, the lotto computer will spit out another ticket that says: “Pay,“ with the jackpot amount stated.

PCSO-IAD personnel do not make a fuss of the winner, even if the jackpot involves staggering amount. They just go on with their work like nothing extraordinary so as to protect the winner’s identity.

Only a few people get to know the lotto winners and are barred from announcing them.

The lotto winner will then proceed for a brief interview with another PCSO staff to get his or her profile, show an identification card, then to the Treasury Department for the issuance of the check.

Winners of PCSO lotto jackpots receive their money in lump sum, tax-free, though in check, to be drawn against their choice bank, either with the Philippine National Bank (PNB), or Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP).

Or they can request the PCSO Treasury Department to make out a check for deposit with the two banks, which are located with the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).

PCSO holds office at PICC’s Secretariat.

At the bank, a winner may ask for cash and deposit the rest.

They can also ask the bank for advice on how to manage their winnings well.

PCSO officials do not interfere with winner’s bank preference, but when asked, they will suggest five or more banks where the winner can deposit his or her money.

On some occasions, the PCSO chairman may turn over the check to the winner. Oftentimes, it is being done by the general manager, thus, a chance to speak with the lucky bettor.

Jackpot winners are off limits to the news media.


Now that you know the  procedure on how to claim the jackpot prize, the only problem now is when will you hit that elusive lotto jackpot ?


Source: 
 By EDD K. USMAN