Cebu bettor claims P294-M lotto jackpot

MANILA, Philippines - A 79-year-old retired government employee from Cebu City has claimed the jackpot in the 6/55 Grand Lotto drawn last Sept. 27, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) announced yesterday.

PCSO acting chairman Jose Ferdinand Rojas II said the winner picked the six-digit  winning  combination  08-42-35-11-17-22, which had a jackpot prize of P294.6 million.

Rojas said the retiree told him he had been betting on the combination since 1996. He said he combined his and his wife’s birth dates and bet P100 for five sets of tickets at a lotto outlet in Cebu City.

Rojas handed the check to the winner – who was with his wife, children and grandchildren – at the PCSO’s main office in Mandaluyong last Friday.

The winner said he would donate a portion of his winnings to their church, invest in a business and share the money with his children and relatives.