Grand Lotto pot to hit P166 million tonight

MANILA, Philippines — The Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot is estimated to reach P166 million by tonight’s draw, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said yesterday.

Melquiades Robles, PCSO general manager and vice chairman of the board, said no one has won the Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot for over two months.

There was again no winner in Saturday night’s draw, which yielded the winning combination 40-36-35-26-03-37 with a jackpot of P158,629,540.40.

Ten bettors won a second prize of P100,000 each for guessing five of the six-digit winning combination.

The Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot was last won on Jan. 17,when a bettor won P698.8 million, the second highest jackpot prize won by a single winner in the history of the lotto games in the country.

The Grand Lotto 6/55 is drawn every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.