The Vietnam Computerized Lottery Company (Vietlott) announced that in the 1,261st draw of the Mega 6/45 product held tonight (October 9th), the Vietlott draw council found one winning ticket for the Jackpot prize worth 13,438,081,500 VND (over 13.4 billion VND).

The winning Jackpot ticket in tonight's Mega 6/45 draw (draw number 1,261) contained the following lucky numbers: 14 - 18 - 20 - 22 - 34 - 45.

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A winning lottery ticket worth over 13.4 billion VND has just been found by Vietlott. Photo: Vietlott

Lucky winners of the jackpot will have to pay 10% personal income tax, as stipulated by the Ministry of Finance .

Therefore, the customer who won the Mega 6/45 jackpot today will have to pay over 1.34 billion VND in personal income tax to the local government that issued the winning ticket. After fulfilling their tax obligations, the jackpot winner will receive a net amount of over 12 billion VND.

In today's 1,261st draw of the Mega 6/45 lottery, in addition to the Jackpot prize of over 13.4 billion VND, the Vietlott lottery committee also found 21 first-prize winners, each worth 10 million VND, 880 second-prize winners, each worth 300,000 VND, and 14,784 third-prize winners, each worth 30,000 VND.

Winners have 60 days from the date the prize is announced to claim their winnings. After this period, the prize will be forfeited and added to Vietlott's other income category.

Recently, Vietlott has consistently found winning tickets for the Mega 6/45 Jackpot.

Three days ago, during the 1,260th draw of the Mega 6/45 lottery on the evening of October 6th, Vietlott found one winning ticket with a Jackpot prize of over 16 billion VND. The winner of this Jackpot is from Ho Chi Minh City.

Previously, in the 1,257th draw of the Mega 6/45 lottery held on the evening of September 29th, the Vietlott lottery council also found one winning ticket for the Jackpot prize worth over 27 billion VND.