Lotto reaches $150,000 record jackpot
In the twelve years that Tropical Gaming Company has been running the Belize Lotto franchise the biggest jackpot has been one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Tonight that record stands to be equalled as Belizeans lined up to buy tickets for tonight’s draw. At least one journalist, News Five’s Alyssa Noble, was among those hoping for good luck.
Citizen #1
?You can?t win if you?re not in the race.?
Alyssa Noble, Reporting
It seems that many Belizeans share the same view, and today, with a hundred and fifty thousand dollars on the line, many rushed out to Lotto vendors around the city to purchase the ticket they believe holds the key to their dreams.
Citizen #2
?If I win the jackpot, I pay what I owe and then build a nice house and thing like that.?
Citizen #3
?If I won the lotto I will do a lot. First of all, try to help people that really, really need help. But first, I have to think about myself first.?
Citizen #4
?Well I buy lotto fi try see if I could win!?
Alyssa Noble
?What will you do with the money if you win. Since it is so high, what will you do with it??
Citizen #4
?Pay off all mi loans whe ah owe, pay off mi credit union and you know build wah house fi me and mi pikni dem.?
And what are the strategies being employed?
Citizen #5
?I?ve been buying the same numbers for seven years now, and I always win three numbers on them but not four, not five.?
Citizen #1
?What I normally would do, I would take the numbers and juggle them around from the previous winnings hoping that I would come up with the five winning numbers.?
Citizen #4
?I have my children deh birth date and I have deh age.?
Alyssa Noble
?In case you?re wondering, reporters don?t make a lot of money.?
Alyssa Noble reporting for News Five.
While we do not wish to dash anyone’s hopes we feel obligated to point out that the chance of any single number playing is two hundred thirty-seven thousand three hundred thirty-six to one. You can view the lotto draw right here on Channel Five tonight at nine.
