Improbable odds?: Inquirer

So many Filipinos instantly got richer because of the same winning combination of 09-45-36-27-18-54-all divisible by nine, that it triggered calls for a congressional investigation. - PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE/FACEBOOK

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): Oct 1, 2022 will go down in history - or live in infamy - as the day when the most number of bettors beat astronomical odds and won the 6/55 Grand Lotto of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), with the 433 winners getting P545,245.24 (US$9,262.91) each after taxes, as their share in the P236-million jackpot.

That so many Filipinos instantly got richer because of the same winning combination of 09-45-36-27-18-54-all divisible by nine-was such an "extremely rare outcome" that it immediately triggered calls for a congressional investigation because of well-grounded fears that the fantastic results may have been manipulated.