Vietlott confirms winner of $3m jackpot

HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Lottery Company (Vietlott) confirmed a new winner of the jackpot worth VNĐ64.8 billion (US$2.9 million) yesterday.

The name of the winner has not been revealed. The lucky numbers for the prize were 03-05-08-10-13-22 for yesterday’s draw of the Mega 6/45, the company said.

The winner has 60 days to claim the prize.

According to the game rules, players choose six numbers from 01 to 45 to create a combination of six numbers to participate. The players then check the selected combination of six numbers printed on their lottery ticket with the draw result to determine if they are the same.

Each ticket costs VNĐ10,000 (44 cents). The jackpot starts at VNĐ12 billion ($537,000).

Nearly three week ago, another lucky person from Mekong Delta Trà Vinh Province won a jackpot of VNĐ92 billion ($4.1 million) from the company. — VNS