PCSO smashes records with P1.4B payout in 1 week under Robles

THE year 2024 is fast shaping up to be a banner and record-breaking year for the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) as it continues to register record sales while also churning out multimillionaires one after the other to the delight of millions of Filipino bettors.

In a record-setting week since Mel Robles took the helm of the agency as general manager in July 2022, the PCSO managed to produce two multimillionaires in succession, resulting in the charity body giving away some P1.4 billion in prizes in just two days.

“This is what we want. To bring hope and joy to our bettors for them to continue patronizing and trusting our games at the PCSO,” Robles said.

“The more people would patronize our games, the more help and assistance we can render to our countrymen who are in need. As I always say, more bets equals more charity services,” he continued.

Robles issued the statement after a lone winner finally hit the Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot worth over P698 million on Wednesday night, January 17, with the correct combination of 24-50-52-09-51-03 through E-Lotto.

This is the first major jackpot win secured through the online platform since its launch in early December 2023.

It was the second time in as many days that a lone winner bagged over P600 million in a lotto draw.

On Tuesday, January 16, a bettor won P640,654,817.60 with the combination 26-33-14- 48-06-42 in the Super Lotto 6/49 draw.

Meantime, a lone winner won the UltraLotto 6/58 on December 29, or barely three days before New Year, which carried a prize of over P571 million, the biggest jackpot in 2023.

Aside from giving away huge prizes, the PCSO continues to draw more bettors after recording P265 million in one-day sales on Tuesday, January 16.

The amount was the highest recorded one-day sales in over five years or since Oct. 14, 2018, when the prize pot reached P1.18 billion.