Antonio Failon Mendoza, a former OFW, said his combination 09, 21, 31, 36, 40 and 41 gave him a fortune of his life. He just won P12,391,600 during the October 2 draw with his dreams of giving his family a great life is coming into life.
According to ABS-CBN News report, Mr. Mendoza said he thought that he just hit 5 digits but when he reviewed the winning combination once more, he was surprised and very happy to see that he got the winning combination. Unfortunately, when he was about to claim his prize the winning lotto ticket was taken by his grandchildren and crumpled it. His in-law on the other hand suggested smoothening it by using a hot iron and the worst thing happened. The winning lotto ticket burned.
Still with high hopes to claim his prize, Mr. Mendoza went to the Philippine Charity Sweeptakes Office together with the burned winning lotto ticket.
The PCSO confirmed that the winning lotto ticket came from the outlet where Mr. Mendoza bought his coupon. But, the agency maintained its policy “No Ticket, No Payment” as the only thing that can verify if someone won or not is the machine.
"[We have rules like ] ‘No Ticket, No Payment’. Pangalawa naman kung may ticket ka kailangan eh readable ” said Ferdinand Rojas III, the acting chief of PCSO. “Yung nangyari naman dito sa ating claimant hindi nabasa nung ating machine.”
Rojas added that every time someone hit the jackpot tons of people use to appear in their office to claim their prizes with larger percentage of them are fraud.
Rojas said PCSO is not closing the doors for Mendoza. He said that the company should have to wait for a year and if none claimed the prize carrying the clear winning ticket, it might do some adjustments in order to help him prove that he is indeed the winner.
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