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Technician wins P77-M lotto pot

Perseus Echeminada - The Philippine Star
November 7, 2013 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - A 40-year-old computer technician from Ormoc City in Leyte won the P77-million jackpot of the 6/49 Super Lotto Sept. 29 draw.

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office general manager Jose Ferdinand Rojas quoted the winner as saying that he was testing the Internet connection of a newly repaired computer when he learned about his winning the lotto.

The technician, who is married but childless, got the six-digit winning combination of 1-19-31-36-44-46 with a jackpot of P77,146,990.

The winner, who has been a lotto bettor for 10 years, plans to invest his winnings in the computer business, buy a house and lot, and share this with relatives.

COMPUTER

JACKPOT

JOSE FERDINAND ROJAS

LEYTE

LOTTO

ORMOC CITY

P77

PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE

SUPER LOTTO SEPT

TECHNICIAN

WINNER
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