College grad, single mom share P60-M lotto jackpot

A young man who recently graduated from college and a single mother who owns a sari-sari (retail) store are off to a good start this year.

The two bagged the almost P60-million jackpot in the 6/49 Super Lotto 6/49 draw on Dec. 30 while around 500 to 600 others won minor prizes.

The new millionaires claimed their winnings at the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office in Pasay City yesterday, the first working day after the long holiday break.

Both the 24-year-old fresh graduate from Manila and the 31-year-old mother from Antique province shelled out only P20 each on lotto bets.

Still, they managed to pick the winning number combination of 03-31-24-17-12-47 to take home P28.4 million each.

The college graduate told PCSO General Manager Jose Ferdinand Rojas II that he had been placing lotto bets for four years whenever he had some money saved from his allowance.

Now, less than a year after finishing his studies, he is set to buy his family a house and lot, invest in a small business and help send his three siblings to school.

The sari-sari store owner from Antique, meanwhile, said she had been placing bets for 10 years. She plans to spend her money on her parents, siblings and only child, as well as make a contribution to the church.