Mega Lotto 6/45 result for May 25, 2026
6/45 lotto result today at a glance
| PCSO Mega Lotto 6/45 | |
|---|---|
| Numbers | 6 from 1 to 45 |
| Bonus ball | None |
| Draw days | Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
| Draw time | 9:00 PM, Asia/Manila |
| Ticket price | ₱25 (includes 20% documentary stamp tax) |
Mega Lotto 6/45 draw schedule
| Day | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday, Wednesday, Friday | 9:00 PM, Asia/Manila |
Ticket sales run from 7:00 AM and close around 8:00 to 8:30 PM on draw nights. Monday and Wednesday both pair Mega Lotto with Grand Lotto 6/55, and Friday pairs it with Ultra Lotto 6/58.
Here is when every other PCSO game draws:
- Ultra Lotto 6/58: Tuesday, Friday, Sunday at 9 PM
- Grand Lotto 6/55: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday at 9 PM
- Super Lotto 6/49: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday at 9 PM
- Lotto 6/42: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday at 9 PM
- 6D Lotto: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday at 9 PM
- 4D Lotto: Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 9 PM
- 3D Lotto: Monday to Sunday at 2 PM, 5 PM, 9 PM
- 2D Lotto: Monday to Sunday at 2 PM, 5 PM, 9 PM
How to check today's 6/45 lotto result against your ticket
Check the game name on your ticket first, then the draw date, then the six numbers. Confirm against pcso.gov.ph or the live draw stream last. Skip that order, and a genuine loss can feel like a win, or the other way around.
Mega Lotto 6/45 has one quirk the other PCSO number games do not: there is no impossible-number trick to fall back on. A Super Lotto 6/49 ticket can prove itself by carrying a number in the 46-49 range, and an Ultra Lotto 6/58 or Grand Lotto 6/55 ticket can do the same at the top of their boards. A 6/45 combination cannot, because every number on it also fits inside every bigger game's range. The game name printed on the slip is the only reliable check here.
Two more mistakes cost real tickets:
- Draw day drift. Mega Lotto is Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Not Tuesday, not Saturday. A template built for Grand Lotto 6/55 or Lotto 6/42 will get this wrong.
- The 8 PM cutoff. Outlets stop selling around 8:00 to 8:30 PM. A ticket bought after that rolls to the next Mega Lotto date, so checking it against tonight's draw manufactures a loss that never happened.
One more detail: the barcode reads the combination, not the print order. Whether your slip shows 03-14-22-31-38-45 or 45-38-31-22-14-03, it is the same ticket.
What a Mega Lotto 6/45 prize is really worth
Mega Lotto 6/45 odds are 1 in 8,145,060 for the jackpot, the shortest odds of PCSO's four major 6-number games. The minimum jackpot is ₱15,000,000, and it is pari-mutuel: if more than one ticket hits six numbers, the pot splits between them.
The 5-of-6 and 4-of-6 tiers move with how many tickets get sold that night (PCSO calls this a Prize Pool Share), so the figure changes draw to draw. More matches at that tier on a given night means a smaller cut for each winner; a quiet night pays out more per winner.
Matching three numbers pays a fixed ₱30, the lowest of the four major games but still guaranteed. It is not a consolation jackpot. Confirm the game name printed on the ticket before you treat that ₱30 as a sign the bigger prize is close.
How to claim your Mega Lotto 6/45 prize
Sign the back of your ticket the same night, using the exact name on your government ID. Keep it flat, not folded in a wallet. A cracked barcode or thermal fade is enough for an outlet to turn you away.
The ₱10,000 mark is the real fork:
- ₱10,000 and below: any authorized outlet or the nearest PCSO branch. Cash, no tax, two valid IDs.
- ₱10,001 to ₱300,000: a PCSO branch office only, not the outlet counter. Payment is by check. PCSO withholds 20% final tax under the TRAIN Law. Bring two IDs and your TIN. Weekdays only, roughly 8:15 AM to 4:30 PM.
- Jackpot or above ₱300,000: the PCSO Main Office.
You have one year from the draw date to claim. For the full walkthrough, including what to bring and what actually happens at the branch counter, read our complete guide to claiming PCSO lotto winnings.
One warning worth repeating: PCSO does not text winners asking for a "processing fee," and it does not validate prizes over Messenger. If that message arrives, it is a scam.
Why Mega Lotto 6/45 is PCSO's most winnable big-number game
Line up the four major games by board size and the pattern is direct: 6/45 has the smallest board, the shortest odds at 1 in 8,145,060, and the lowest jackpot floor at ₱15,000,000. Compare that to Ultra Lotto's 1-in-40,475,358 shot at a ₱75,000,000 floor. Mega Lotto is built to pay out more often, in smaller amounts.
That trade-off cuts both ways. A jackpot floor five times lower than Ultra Lotto's means Mega Lotto rolls over less dramatically, so it rarely produces the kind of nine-figure headline that gets a game named in the news. Its biggest recorded win, ₱181.68 million in 2021, still sits well under every other major game's record. If the appeal of lotto for you is the rare shot at a life-changing headline number, 6/45 is not that game. If the appeal is better odds of winning something, it is the strongest of the four.
The smaller the board, the bigger the birthday-range squeeze. On Mega Lotto's 45-number card, dates 1 through 31 take up more real estate than on any of the other three games. Read more in our breakdown of PCSO lotto strategies and the hot-number myth.
Is the WisePH lotto number generator worth using for 6/45?
On PCSO's most frequently-won major game, the honest pitch matters even more than usual, since more winners at the lower tiers means more people quietly assuming a pattern exists where there is none.
| What people hope it does | What it actually does |
|---|---|
| Raise 1-in-8-million odds | Leaves those odds untouched |
| Read the last 5 draws and predict | Uses them only to nudge you away from copying, then randomizes |
| Find "hot" numbers | Refuses to. PCSO draws have no memory |
| Guarantee a unique jackpot | Only lowers the chance you split it if that line hits |
The free PCSO lotto calculator and number generator picks six numbers from 1 to 45 with equal odds for each, and steers clear of the all-birthday, all-diagonal patterns that human brains gravitate toward on a smaller board just as much as a bigger one.
For a first Mega Lotto try: select 6/45 in the dropdown, generate one line, and treat a win at any tier as luck, not proof your method works.
The ₱181.7-million Mega Lotto jackpot that still stands
The biggest Mega Lotto 6/45 win on record happened on May 26, 2021, when a single ticket bought in Davao City matched the combination 23-43-29-32-36-04 for ₱181,680,185.60. The winner was never publicly identified.
The lesson is not that Davao is lucky ground. It is that even PCSO's most frequently-won major game can still produce a nine-figure jackpot when enough draws pass without a winner. It just happens far less often here than on Ultra Lotto or Grand Lotto, because Mega Lotto's shorter odds mean somebody usually claims it long before the pot grows that large.
How much should you actually spend on 6/45?
Keep Mega Lotto inside the same ₱100 to ₱300 weekly cap you would set for any PCSO game, not stacked on top of it. Its better odds are not a reason to bet more, since the jackpot on offer is also smaller than the other three major games at almost every point in its cycle.
In practice, that means one standard ₱25 play on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday, treated with the same discipline as any other draw night. Better odds are still long odds.
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