Lotto pot to hit P137 M tonight

MANILA, Philippines - The jackpot for the 6/49 Super Lotto is expected to reach P137 million for tonight’s draw, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said yesterday.

PCSO acting chairman Jose Ferdinand Rojas said nobody guessed the six-digit winning combination 40-11-14-39-04-32, which had a jackpot of P129,835,788 on Sunday.

He said 20 bettors won P70,000 each after they got five digits of the winning combination.

Rojas said ticket sales increased from an average of P46 million to P50 million after the jackpot breached the P100-million mark.

The 6/49 Super Lotto online game is drawn every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.