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

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

“Ito naman talaga ang gusto natin. Ang makapagbigay tayo ng kasiyahan sa ating mga mananaya at sa ganoon ay patuloy nilang tangkilikin ang mga laro natin sa PCSO” (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.

“Habang mas maraming tumataya ay mas marami rin ang matutulungan nating mga kababayan. Ang sabi ko nga sa bawat taya, may kawanggawa” (The more people who patronize our games, the more help and assistance we can give to our countrymen who are in need. As I always say, more bets, more charity services.)

Robles issued the statement after a lone winner finally hit the Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot worth over P698 million on Wednesday night, 17 January. This is the first major jackpot win secured through the online platform since its launch 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, 16 January, a bettor won P640,654,817.60 in the Super Lotto 6/49 draw.

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

Aside from giving away huge prizes, the PCSO is also continuing to draw more bettors after it recorded P265 million in one-day sales on Tuesday, 16 January.

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