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Filipina domestic helper Myra D. Mendoza has admitted pulling off a bad prank about winning the top prize of $15 million in Thursday’s Mark Six draw.
Mendoza's post late Friday night immediately went viral, with many Filipinos sharing it among themselves on Facebook or messenger.
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The SUN posted an article about her claim, but with a warning that it was yet to be independently confirmed.
Mendoza said, "Pakibura po yung post niyo." (Please delete your post)
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"Prank po yung post ko. Alam po ng totoong nanalo na hindi ako yun." (That was a prank. The real winner knows it was not me who won).
"Burahin ko na po ang post." (I will delete the post).
"Lesson learned po."
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The SUN earlier reached out to Mendoza but she did not respond to queries about her post.
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| Mendoza's messages admitting to her bad prank |
In her post and several comments afterwards, Mendoza even expressed fear that because her identity was revealed her life might be in danger.
She even used a photo showing a hand holding a ticket with the winning combination: 8+12+21+43+44+49 with the word “1st” stamped in blue next to the numbers. The ticket also shows the date of the draw as April 27, 2023 and a bet of $10.
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According to the official Mark Six results for that day, only one ticket won the top prize of $15,042,030 in the April 27 draw. Two second prize winners each received $1,008,080 each.
But in line with lottery rules and privacy regulations, the names of the winners are not published
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Earlier, a Facebook page, “It’s all about Hong Kong” posted a photo of the supposed winning ticket alongside the result of the Thursday draw, and said simply that a Filipina domestic worker had won the top prize but did not give any other information.
Mendoza said she did not have anything to do with this post, and did not know the people behind it.
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| The original post carried the unverified information about a Filipina DH winner |
However, various commenters confirmed the story that a Filipina DH had won the top prize. They also said the win came at a most difficult time because the winner had just been terminated, and was due to go home on Monday, May 1.
Mendoza, whose Facebook account shows she is from Camiling, Tarlac, said she just copied the photo of the supposed winning ticket from a post that was circulating openly on Facebook.
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