Lone Winner of the 6/55 Grand Lotto

At last, the jackpot for the 6/55 worth P741,176,323.20 was won by a bettor in Subic, Olongapo city. The winning combination for the 6/55 Grand lotto is 11-16-42- 47-31-37

Here is a news from abs-cbn detailing how the lone winner got the jackpot prize.

Lucky Grand Lotto winner placed bet in SBMA
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 11/29/2010 10:25 PM | Updated as of 11/30/2010 9:10 AM


MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) - The luckiest person who won the biggest jackpot in the history of the Philippine lotto placed the winning bet in Olongapo City, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said Tuesday.

Arnel Casas, PCSO central operations manager, told ANC's "Headstart" that the lone winner bought the winning ticket inside the lone lotto outlet inside the Subic Bay Freeport.

A radio dzMM report quoting PCSO Chairwoman Margie Juico said that the winner placed the bet at the Nisitas Garcia lotto outlet.

Casas said the lone winner's 6-number combination (11-16-42- 47-31-37)

was literally "lucky pick" or was randomly picked by the PCSO computer.

The Olongapo City bettor, whose identity has yet to be determined by the PCSO, won the highest lottery jackpot in Philippine history.

The P741,176,323.20 lotto prize was won after 6 months of thrice weekly draws. It was the second 6/55 Grand Lotto jackpot since the game was launched April 19, 2010.

The first 6/55 Grand Lotto jackpot prize, also won by a lone bettor, was P134,629,873.20.

The prize is tax-free and will be given in a single tranche in the form of a check, the PCSO said.

Casas said that the lucky winner should drop by the PCSO main office and present the thermal paper receipt with the winning combination and at least one valid ID to claim the prize.

The winner would be issued a check and has the option of depositing or encashing the check.

The PCSO said 66 bettors won the second prize for guessing 5 of the 6 numbers. A total of 5,108 who had 4 correct numbers won third prize while 99,541 won fourth prize.

SBMA outlet owner also a winner

Casas said that the PCSO also gives out incentives or an agent seller's prize to lotto outlets where the winning ticket was bought.

He said the SBMA lotto outlet owner would get the highest incentive given to an agent, which amounts to P500,000.

The 6/55 Grand Lotto began with a minimum jackpot prize of P30 million before it ballooned as no one correctly guessed the winning combinations for succeeding draws until Monday.

The soaring jackpot has enticed Filipinos from various sectors of society to cast their bets.

It reached a point that a number of lotto outlets almost ran out of cards and thermal paper and forced some lotto operators to manually input bets.

The large jackpot prize has generated concerns from certain individuals, such as Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone, who has suggested placing a cap on the jackpot prize of lotto draws because it allegedly promotes gambling among Filipinos.

Philippines May be Involved in N Korea and S Korea War Because of Treaty

Though we don't have the firepower to aid South Korea in case the tension between the two countries escalates into war, the Philippines had no other choice but to help South Korea because of a treaty with the United States.

Here is a report from the Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Gil Cabacungan Jr. why this scenario is possible.

PH ‘obliged’ to aid South Korea

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines under its mutual defense treaty with the United States has an obligation to send troops in case war breaks out between North and South Korea, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said Sunday.

“But given our capability, we can only send our doctors, nurses, engineers and maybe some ground troops. These are what we can only contribute because we do not have any air force, we do not have any navy,” Enrile said in an interview with dzBB radio.

Article IV of the mutual defense pact signed in August 1951 states that “each party recognizes that an armed attack in the Pacific area on either of the parties would be dangerous to its own peace and safety and declares that it would act to meet the common dangers in accordance with its constitutional processes.”

Article V says that “an armed attack on either of the parties is deemed to include an armed attack on the metropolitan territory of either of the parties, or on the island territories under its jurisdiction in the Pacific or on its armed forces, public vessels or aircraft in the Pacific.”

The two parties will take their lead from the United Nations Security Council, according to the accord.

Enrile said that some of the American troops deployed in the Philippines under the Visiting Forces Agreement would likely be pulled out to beef up US presence on the Korean border.

“We cannot do anything about that. That’s a function of the command of the US. They can pull out their forces from the Philippines to Korea and replace them with others,” Enrile said.

Fortunately, he said, the Philippines is out of the range of North Korea’s nuclear warheads and its Navy is not big enough to launch a massive sea attack in the region.

However, Enrile said that the Philippine government should closely monitor the situation considering that North Korea had become even more unpredictable with the rise in power of the aggressive Kim Jong-un, youngest son of longtime leader Kim Jong-il.

“But if ever their exchange of fire worsens, I can only say that the US and China would try to settle the matter between the two peacefully. But you never can tell, especially if North Korea launches its nuclear missile and South Korea retaliates … It’s a very unpredictable situation,” Enrile said.

By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:17:00 11/29/2010