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Where winning 6/58 Lotto tickets came from

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MANILA - The two bettors who will split the P1-billion lottery pot respectively placed their bets in Albay and Eastern Samar, the state-run news agency said Monday.The winning tickets were bought from outlets at Legazpi City, Albay and Borongan, Eastern Samar, PTV, which airs Lotto draws, said in its <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PTVph/photos/a.248547658539245/2392243530836303/?type=3&amp;theater" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.It was a lucky first too for the SM Legazpi outlet, which only opened Sunday.Both tickets had numbers which are self-picked. Lotto has a &quot;lucky pick&quot; option where numbers are randomly selected by a machine.Bettors with the combination (40-50-37-25-01-45) would split the P1,180,622,508 jackpot prize of the UltraLotto 6/58 drawn last Sunday.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/14/18/higit-p1-bilyong-jackpot-sa-ultralotto-658-napanalunan-na">Higit P1-bilyong jackpot sa UltraLotto 6/58, napanalunan na</a></li></ul>It was the biggest pot in Philippine history, shattering the record previously set in November 2010 when a lone winner bagged the P741 million Grand Lotto 6/55.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/11/18/road-to-p1-billion-the-ultra-lotto-658">Road to P1 billion: The Ultra Lotto 6/58</a></li></ul>Each winner would take home about P472,249,003.20 after splitting the prize money and subjecting it to the 20-percent tax.<div>- with a report by Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News Data Analytics; ABS-CBN Regional Network Group</div>