QC bettor bags P72-M lotto prize

MANILA, Philippines - A lucky player from Novaliches in Quezon City won the P72,537,879.60 jackpot prize of the 6/55 Grand Lotto in the draw on Wednesday night, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) announced yesterday.

PCSO general manager Jose Ferdinand Rojas II said the still unidentified winner purchased the ticket with the winning six-digit combination – 27-12-07-28-08-21 – at a lotto outlet along Lagasca corner Luis streets in Novaliches.

This is the second time a resident from Novaliches won a lotto jackpot prize.

In 2008, a 60-year-old construction worker won the P240-million jackpot prize of the Super 6/49 lotto game.    

The latest winner is the 86th member of the “Lotto instant millionaires club” since January.

Among the winners are a 60-year-old carpenter from Las Piñas, who won P341 million; a truck driver from Caloocan who won P142 million; and retired employees from Baguio and Valenzuela city who won the P69-million and P65-million jackpots, respectively. A sidewalk vendor from Parañaque won a P65-million lotto jackpot.