MANILA, Philippines - A 43-year-old driver from Kalinga won the P22,250,437.40 jackpot of the 6/45 Mega Lotto draw last Sept. 9, betting on the body and plate numbers of his tricycle to hit the winning combination, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) announced yesterday that.
PCSO general manager Jose Ferdinand Rojas II said the tricycle driver, who has five children, claimed his cash prize last Monday afternoon.
He said the driver’s wife and a brother accompanied the lucky winner to the PCSO central office in the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City.
Rojas said the driver picked the six-digit winning combination from the three-digit body number of his tricycle and the three numbers of the license plates of the vehicle that he has been renting daily to have a source of livelihood.
The winner has been playing the Mega Lotto draw for the last two years with a P10 budget for every draw.
He said the winner intends to buy a house and lot and a new tricycle for each of his five children.
A 48-year-old meat vendor from Pililia, Rizal also claimed last Monday the P3 million jackpot after she got the six-digit winning combination 15-09-10-06-05-42 for the Sept. 8 draw.
The winner said she would donate a portion of her winnings for the construction of their church, pay all her debts and save the rest for her four children.