Vietlott lottery tickets heat up as the value of Jackpot 1 can exceed VND 170 billion
After many consecutive draws without winning tickets, the accumulated value of Jackpot 1 – the Power 6/55 type of Vietlott lottery tickets – has reached VND 164 billion as of March 5th.
With the value of this prize, many people are hoping to be the jackpot winners and are rushing to buy Power 6/55 lottery tickets.
Recorded at some Vietlott ticket sales points in Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of March 5th, customers continuously entered and exited, buying lottery tickets quite bustlingly. Many people said they are hoping to win Jackpot 1, if not, they could win Jackpot 2 with a prize amount of over VND 6 billion.
Mr. Thuong (Phu Nhuan district, Ho Chi Minh City) said that for about a week now, every day he has been buying 5 Power 6/55 lottery tickets on the Vietlott application, each ticket costs VND 10,000 and some tickets are bundled in sets of 7 or 8 (tickets with 7 and 8 pairs of numbers), but luck has not come his way yet.
“In addition, I also buy tickets directly at the store with hundreds of thousands of dong to increase the chances of winning Jackpot 1,” Mr. Thuong said.
According to Mr. Nguyen Trong Bao, Head of the Sales Department of a level 2 agency under Vietlott, on draw days of the Power 6/55 lottery (every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday), customers buying tickets are very crowded. Especially when the value of Jackpot 1 exceeds VND 150 billion.
“On the days of lottery draws for the Power 6/55 lottery, the average sales volume of 40 ticket sales points under my agency nearly doubles,” Mr. Bao said.
Data from Vietlott also shows that after recent draws without any winning tickets, the value of Jackpot 1 has been accumulated in the past few days, ranging from 5-10 billion dong each draw. This shows that the demand for Vietlott lottery tickets is increasing. It is predicted that in the draw for the Power 6/55 lottery tonight on March 5th, the value of Jackpot 1 will exceed VND 170 billion.
