Filipinos are keen on becoming rich through the local lottery in the Philippines. They believe that lottery is a shortcut to becoming a billionaire through lucky numbers. Through the combination of lucky numbers, people can become a millionaire or billionaire. It's possible, the lottery has such magical properties.

The budding stage of local lottery in the Philippines

Speaking of the local lottery in the Philippines, it is really long-standing. Let’s start from the Spanish colonial period. Spain introduced many things in the Philippines during the colonial period. Lottery or lotto is one of them. It has been in the Philippines since 1883, when it was established by the Spanish private enterprise Empressa de Reales Loteria Espanolas de Filipinas. In order to operate, the Spanish regime used lottery as one of the national fiscal revenue. Then when the Philippine Revolution broke out, the local lottery in the Philippines, the small town lottery, was forced to close. It was not until 1932, after the Philippine Revolution, that the first lottery was held. Many lottery players participated and this first lottery draw was a success. Due to the trend of interests, the Philippine government has decided to hold more lottery draws, using the lottery as a way to raise funds for the benefit of young people and the fight against tuberculosis, which can also be regarded as a public welfare. The Tuberculosis Association of the Philippines controls the use of funds and begins to distribute them to the entire Philippine market in large quantities.

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What are the local lotteries in the Philippines?

• 6/42 Lotto tickets:The lottery is drawn every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Each ticket is PHP24. Choose 6 numbers from 1-42 numbers. You can win the grand prize by matching all 6 numbers in any order, but the minimum requirement is to match 3 numbers. You can win a prize, which is considered a consolation prize. The probability of winning the jackpot is 1 in 5 million.
• 6/45 Super Lotto Lottery:The lottery is drawn every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The 6/45 lottery is considered an upgraded version of 6/42. The rules of play are the same as those of 6/42, with the addition of 3 numbers. The first prize is 8%.
• 6/49 Super Lotto Lottery:
  The lottery is drawn every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, with 49 numbers to choose from. Like other national lotteries, there are 720 possible ways to select 6 numbers. The chance of winning the jackpot is 1 in 13 million.
• 6/55 Lotto:
  Lottery draws are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. The rules of the game are the same as the other 6-choice games, except that the first prize is larger. 55 number. His chance of winning the jackpot is 1 in 28 million.
• 6/58 Super Lotto Lottery:
  Lottery draws are held every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. Choose 6 numbers from 1-58. The first prize is for all 6 numbers to be matched, and the winning amount is at least PHP50 million. You have a 1 in 40 million chance of winning the jackpot.
• 6D Lotto Ticket:
  The lottery is drawn every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 9pm. 6D Lotto is a new Philippine local lottery launched by the Philippine government in 1997. It is different from other Filipino lottery games in that players must choose 6 exact sequential numbers to win. Therefore, the odds of 6D are lower, but in order to compensate players, the bonus of 6D is much higher than other Philippine local lotteries 6 58 Lotto, 6 55 Lotto, 6 49 Lotto, 6 45 Lotto and 6 42 Lotto.
• Swertres Lotto:
  Lottery draws are held every day at 11 a.m., 4 p.m., and 9 p.m. The prizes for this lottery are fixed at 750, 1500, and 4500. Players only need to select three numbers from 000-999 to win one. Lottery. The order and digits of the winning numbers must match.
• EZ2 Lotto:
  Started in 2004, this Philippine local lottery takes place three times a day. Unlike the 4D or 6D lottery, EZ2 increases the odds because the range of numbers to choose from becomes smaller. Lottery draws are held every day at 11am, 4pm and 9pm. Select 2 sets of numbers from 1-31 numbers to complete a bet. Players will win as long as they match the corresponding two sets of numbers. It is a high-frequency lottery with only two prizes, 4000PHP and 2000PHP.
• 4D Lotto Lottery:
  4D Lotto draws are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Players choose the corresponding numbers in the same sequence from 0000-9999 to win. There are three prizes, the first prize is at least 10,000 PHP, 3 winning numbers are worth 800, and 2 numbers are worth 100;

Current situation of Philippine local lottery

PCSO has been in the Philippines for 87 years. It can be said that lottery and gambling are deeply rooted in the blood of Filipinos. From 1995 to 2015, the total revenue of local lottery in the Philippines was PHP332.57 billion. In ten years, the annual income will be more than 300 billion. In 2021, Guanzhen Town Lottery’s revenue reached PHP18.58 billion, and the others were PHP21.55 billion. As the number of mobile payment users increases, it provides more room for development for the Philippine lottery. The number of smartphone device users is still growing at a rate of 15% every year. But why hasn’t the Philippine government considered allowing mobile payments for online betting yet? During the hearing in the Philippines, Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez said this, “The Philippines cannot afford to allow the country’s youth to easily engage in online betting or gambling.” At the same time, Manila City Representative welcomed M. Forward, Jr., who also proposed that "online lottery betting has had serious economic and moral impacts on Filipino families, especially the young and the poor," so in the next few years, the Philippine local lottery There will only be restricted development. It can be seen from its annual revenue growth from 1995 to the present.

Summary

Now we can often see online gambling advertisements on FB, and the corresponding users are local Filipinos. Even the interface language is Filipino and it also includes local Philippine lottery types. Platforms and Internet companies that operate online gambling businesses in the Philippines are well aware that local regulations in the Philippines do not allow online gambling platforms to operate in the local market. However, there are still many platform operators who choose to take risks and operate local online gambling in the Philippines. Platform, the editor here also hopes that these local platform operators in the Philippines can find a way out of other markets as soon as possible. After all, the risks of operating local platforms in the Philippines for a long time are still very high. At present, in addition to the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia... and other regions still have many opportunities.