Recently, Vietnam Computerized Lottery Company (Vietlott) has continuously found winning lottery tickets for the "secondary" jackpot (Jackpot 2) of the Power 6/55 lottery.

Most recently, in the 1015th drawing of the Power 6/55 lottery held on the evening of March 30, Vietlott's Drawing Council determined that 2 customers won the Jackpot 2 prize with a total value of nearly 22 billion VND.

Previously, in the 1014th draw of Power 6/55 on the evening of March 28, Vietlott found 2 customers who won Jackpot 2 with a total value of more than 15.83 billion VND.

In consecutive previous draws, from draws 1010-1013 of the Power 6/55 lottery, Vietlott continuously found lottery tickets winning the Jackpot 2 prize, but the prize value only fluctuated between 4.2-4.8 billion VND.

It can be seen that the value of Vietlott's Jackpot 2 prize in the last 2 draws has been increasing and surpassing the previous draws, when Jackpot 1 had not yet reached 300 billion VND. So why is the value of Vietlott's Jackpot 2 prize increasing?

The highest Jackpot 2 prize of over 70 billion VND was awarded to a customer from Can Tho. Photo: Vietlott

According to Vietlott, the reason why Jackpot 2 has increased sharply in the last 2 draws is because Jackpot 1 has exceeded 300 billion VND. Accordingly, if no one wins Jackpot 1 but someone wins Jackpot 2, all the "surplus" money beyond 300 billion VND will be added to Jackpot 2 if someone wins. This is also the reason why the value of Jackpot 2 will be higher than before.

Furthermore, Jackpot 2 is also much easier to win than Jackpot 1. If the probability of winning Jackpot 1 is 1/28.9 million, the probability of winning Jackpot 2 is 1/4.8 million. Thus, the probability of winning Jackpot 2 is 6 times higher than Jackpot 1.

A Jackpot 2 winning ticket is one that matches 5 out of 6 numbers of Jackpot 1 and the remaining number matches the lucky number randomly selected by Vietlott.

Many people think that the highest Jackpot 1 of Power 6/55 is only 300 billion VND. However, the prize will be accumulated without limit if these cases occur.

Accordingly, in the lottery drawing with a Jackpot exceeding 300 billion VND, if someone wins Jackpot 1, that person will receive the full prize. In case no one wins Jackpot 1 and someone wins Jackpot 2, the value exceeding 300 billion VND will be transferred to Jackpot 2.

In case Jackpot 1 and Jackpot 2 both have winners, the winner will receive the full value of each prize.

At the level below 200 billion VND, the increase in the Jackpot 1 prize of Power 6/55 only fluctuates around 10 billion VND per period. After surpassing the 200 billion VND mark, the value of the highest prize increases by about 15 billion VND per period.

Since the launch of the Power 6/55 lottery (in August 2017), the highest Jackpot 1 prize of over VND303 billion was won in draw 119 and was awarded to a customer in Hanoi. The highest Jackpot 2 prize of over VND70 billion was won in draw 95 and was awarded to a customer from Can Tho.

Vietlott has another jackpot prize of nearly 22 billion VND. Although the owner of Jackpot 1 worth 300 billion VND has not been found, tonight Vietlott found 2 lottery tickets that won the Jackpot 2 jackpot in the Power 6/55 lottery with a total prize value of nearly 22 billion VND.