The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) is the principal government agency for raising and providing funds for health programs, medical assistance and other services. Established in 1934, the agency operates various lotto games, as well as other sweepstakes and charity activities such as ambulance donations, and housing projects for the underprivileged.
The agency offers various Lotto games, such as the 6/55 Grand Lotto, 6/49 Super Lotto, 6/45 Mega Lotto, 6/42 Lotto, 6 Digit, 4 Digit, Swertres, EZ2 and the last lotto game that was established on February 7, 2015 the Ultra Lotto 6/58 . Lotto draws are held three times a week and the jackpot prize grows until someone matches all the winning numbers.
PCSO also operates various Instant Sweepstakes games, small-town lottery games, and Keno. All of these activities generate funds that are used to support charity programs. Remember that in the Philippines all forms of gambling are taxable by 20%, based on the new Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law, signed by former President Rodrigo R. Duterte.
Usually, most bettor’s choose their number from their family’s Birthdays and special event on their life, but how much percentage you will win the Jackpot prize? As bettors, do you know your chances to win the Jackpot prize or how many possible combinations inorder you to win? A rare event happened in the lotto history in the Philippines in which 433 lucky winner’s choose the same number and win the jackpot prize of ₱236,091,188.40 with the lucky number divisible by 9 09-45-36-27-18-54.
Saklap will show you how many possible combinations inorder you to win the said Jacpot prize in every categories like UltraLotto, GrandLotto, SuperLotto, MegaLotto and the 6/42 Lotto.
Lotto 6/42 is the first national lottery game in the Philippines and first introduced on March 8, 1995 and this draw is specific only in Luzon with a separate game in Visayas and Mindanao. The prize pool is divided equally among the winners. To play Lotto 6/42, you need to choose 6 numbers from 1 to 42. Live draws are broadcasted over PTV4 and livestreamed over pcso.gov.ph at 9:00PM every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Combinations to win 6/42 Lotto
Minimum Jackpot Prize : 5,940,000.00 pesos
Numbers to be selected : 01 – 42
Combinations : 5,245,786
Money to bet : ₱104,915,720.00
To get the jackpot prize you need to multiplied 5,245,786 combinations by ₱20.00 per bet and will come out to ₱104,915,720.00 .
Combinations to win 6/45 MegaLotto
Minimum Jackpot Prize : 8,910,000.00 pesos
Numbers to be selected : 01 – 45
Combinations : 8,145,060
Money to bet : ₱162,901,200.00
Mega Lotto 6/45 is another popular lottery game in the Philippines and was introduced on May 17, 1997 nationwide. You need to choose from 1-45, having the 6 digits correctly in any order get the jackpot prize. Live draws of 6/45 Mega Lotto are broadcasted over PTV4 and livestreamed over pcso.gov.ph at 9:00PM every Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 8,145,060.
Combinations to win 6/49 SuperLotto
Minimum Jackpot Prize : 15,840,000.00 pesos
Numbers to be selected : 01 – 49
Combinations : 13,983,816
Money to bet : ₱279,676,320.00
6/49 Super Lotto is one of the most popular lottery games in the Philippines and introduced in public on July 16, 2000. Bettor need to choose six numbers from 1 to 49. Live draws of 6/49 Super Lotto are broadcasted over PTV4 and livestreamed over pcso.gov.ph at 9:00PM every Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. The initial jackpot prize start at ₱15,840,000.00, if their is no winner the jackpot will increase in the next draw until somebody wins.
Super Lotto 6/49 registered the biggest jackpot prize in history with a whopping ₱347 million in February 2009.
Combinations to win 6/55 GrandLotto
Minimum Jackpot Prize : 29,700,000.00 pesos
Numbers to be selected : 01 – 55
Combinations : 28,989,675
Money to bet : ₱579,793,500.00
Lotto 6/55, also known as GrandLotto, is another popular lottery game in the Philippines. 6/55 GrandLotto was first introduce on April 18, 2010. In this game, you have to choose six numbers from 1 to 55. Live draws of 6/55 Grand Lotto are broadcasted over PTV4 and livestreamed over pcso.gov.ph at 9:00PM every Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The initial jackpot prize start at ₱29,700,000.00, if their is no winner the jackpot will increase in the next draw until somebody wins.
Did you know that the biggest jackpot prize of 6/55 GrandLotto is won by a single bettor from Subic, Zambales on November 29, 2010 with a whooping ₱741,176,323.00 the winning combination is 11-16-42-47-31-37
Combinations to win 6/58 UltraLotto
Minimum Jackpot Prize : 50,000,000.00 pesos
Numbers to be selected : 01 – 58
Combinations : 40,475,358
Money to bet : ₱809,507,160.00
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 40,475,358, which is more challenging than 6/55 GrandLotto.
UltraLotto 6/58 is one of the popular lottery game in the Philippines, it was launched on February 7, 2015. Its first draw was on February 8, 2015. Initially draw schedule of UltraLotto 6/58 between “February 8, 2015, to February 12, 2017” was Fridays and Sundays and starting February 14, 2017 draws are now held on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The player need to choose six numbers from 1 to 58. Live draws of 6/58 Ultra Lotto are broadcasted over PTV4 and livestreamed over pcso.gov.ph at 9:00PM
Biggest jackpot ever recorded in 6/58 UltraLotto was ₱1,180,622,508.00 last October 14, 2018 and split with 2 lucky winners from Western Samar and Albay with a ticket number 40-50-37-25-01-45
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