Pot may reach P400 million on Saturday
MANILA, Philippines – What keeps Filipinos? adrenaline pumping these days? It?s the upcoming Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito fight on Sunday (Manila time).
Not to be outshined, however, is the Grand Lotto jackpot prize awaiting someone, or even no one, on Saturday night.
Forget the political issues for the moment, Filipinos can dream?BIG TIME.
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Central Operations Manager Arnel Casas said no one was able to guess right the winning combination on Wednesday: 4-34-29-35-30-10.
He said the jackpot prize can reach P400 million, the biggest so far in the Lotto history.
The latter feat was previously held by the P347 million prize on February 22, 2009.
That amount was shared, however, by 2 winners.
No one needs to be a mathematician to know that the odds of winning a lottery is a long, long shot.
Based on a forum thread at SavingAdvice.com, the administrator said ?it?s time to take a long hard look at the chances of you winning the lottery.?
Using the US population as base number, there are more chances a person can die by being struck by lightning or even die of a flesh-eating bacteria or legal execution.
?If none of the above has convinced you to stop play
