The biggest lotto winners of 2025

A handful of Filipinos were very lucky this year, defying astronomical odds to win millions from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s lotto games.

Here are the 10 biggest lotto jackpots won in 2025, plus other interesting stats.

Biggest lotto jackpots won

1.   P386,153,104.80 - won on August 22 by one bettor who bought his Ultra Lotto 6/58 ticket in Barangay Bolbok, Batangas City

2.   P331,359,271.20 - won on May 17 by one Grand Lotto 6/55 bettor who had been placing lotto bets for 10 years

3.   P314,591,292.80 - won  on January 5 by a 59-year-old housewife who bought her Ultra Lotto 6/58 ticket in Megamall, Mandaluyong City

4.   P223,728,165.20 - won on April 6 by one bettor who bought their Ultra Lotto 6/58 ticket in Tarlac City

5.   P223,580,197.60 -  won on October 6 by one bettor, a pensioner who has been playing lotto games for decades and who bought their Grand Lotto 6/55 ticket in Barangay Mariana, Quezon City

6.   P184,998,366.40 - won on November 11 by one bettor who bought his Superlotto 6/49 ticket in Santo Domingo, Nueva Ecija, with numbers corresponding to the birthdays of his wife and their grandchildren

7.   P155,223,593.80 - won on November 30 by one bettor who bought their Ultra Lotto 6/58 ticket in Barangay San Francisco in General Trias, Cavite

8.   P109,545,674.80 - won on February 23 by one bettor who has been placing lotto bets for 41 years and who bought his Superlotto 6/49 ticket in Cebu City; he only found out he had won when he returned to place another bet with the same numbers and the teller told him the combination had already won two days earlier

9.   P102,346,298.00 - won on June 3 by one bettor who bought their Lotto 6/42 ticket in Talisay City, Cebu

10. P100,890,109.20 - won on March 18 by one Lotto 6/42 bettor, a 23-year-old in Quezon City who was introduced to lotto by her mother and who has been using the same number combination

Number of winners

There were 59 winners of 54 major lotto jackpots this year: 49 jackpots were won by solo winners, while there were five jackpots that each had double winners.

The biggest lotto jackpot won this year was P386,153,104.80, won by one Ultra Lotto 6/58 bettor on Aug. 22.

The big lotto games

There are five major lotto games: Ultra Lotto 6/58, Grand Lotto 6/55, Superlotto 6/49, Megalotto 6/45, and Lotto 6/42.

Ultra Lotto 6/58

• Drawn every Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday. 
• Winners choose the right combination of six numbers from 1 to 58. 
• The jackpot starts at P49.5 million.
• Number of Ultra Lotto 6/58 winners in 2025: 7 winners from 6 games out of 155
• Biggest Ultra Lotto 6/58 prize won in 2025: P386,153,104.80, won by one bettor on August 22

Grand Lotto 6/55

• Drawn every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. 
• Winners choose the right combination of six numbers from 1 to 55. 
• The jackpot starts at P29.7 million.
• Number of Grand Lotto 6/55 winners in 2025: 4 bettors from 4 games out of 156
• Biggest Grand Lotto 6/55 prize won in 2025: P331,359,271.20, won by one bettor on May 17

Superlotto 6/49

• Drawn every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. 
• Winners choose the right combination of six numbers from 1 to 49. 
• The jackpot starts at P15.84 million.
• Number of Superlotto 6/49 winners in 2025: 8 bettors from 7 games out of 155
• Biggest Superlotto 6/49 prize won in 2025: P184,998,366.40, won by one bettor on April 25

Megalotto 6/45 

• Drawn every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 
• Winners choose the right combination of six numbers from 1 to 45. 
• The jackpot starts at P8.91 million.
• Number of Megalotto 6/45 winners in 2025: 22 bettors from 20 games out of 156
• Biggest Megalotto 6/45 prize won in 2025: P84,182,510.00, won by one bettor on November 26

Lotto 6/42

• Drawn every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. 
• Winners choose the right combination of six numbers from 1 to 42. 
• The jackpot starts at P5.94 million.
• Number of Lotto 6/42 winners in 2025: 17 bettors from 16 games out 154
• Biggest Lotto 6/42 prize won in 2025: P102,346,298.00, won by one bettor on June 3

Frequency of major lotto wins per month

• January: 9 out of 66 major lotto games
• February: 4 out of 60 major lotto games
• March: 2 out of 66 major lotto games
• April: 7 out of 59 major lotto games
• May: 2 out of 66 major lotto games
• June: 5 out of 65 major lotto games
• July: 3 out of 67 major lotto games
• August: 4 out of 66 major lotto games
• September: 4 out of 65 major lotto games
• October: 3 out of major 66 lotto games
• November: 6 out of 64 major lotto games
• December: 4 out of 67 major lotto games

Longest interval between big wins: 23 days, from October 19, when two bettors won the P50,952,075.80 Ultra Lotto 6/58 jackpot, to November 11, when one bettor won the Superlotto 6/49 jackpot of P184,998,366.40.

First major lotto win of 2025: P57,030,072.20, won by one Megalotto 6/45 bettor on January 1

Last major lotto win of 2025: P19,004,723.60, won by one Lotto 6/42 bettor on December 30

In addition to the major lotto games, which pay out in the millions, some of the 6D Lotto prizes can reach P1 million or more. There were 19 bettors who won at least P1 million from playing the 6D Lotto game in 2025. — BM, GMA Integrated News