Vietnam Computerized Lottery Company (Vietlott) informed that in the 1,281st drawing of Mega 6/45 product taking place tonight (November 24), Vietlott's Drawing Council found 1 lottery ticket that won the Jackpot prize worth 16,930,514,500 VND (more than 16.9 billion VND).

The Jackpot winning ticket in the 1,281st drawing of Mega 6/45 tonight contains the lucky numbers: 05 - 14 - 15 - 21 - 33 - 36.

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A Vietlott jackpot winning lottery ticket worth over 16.9 billion VND has just been found. Photo: Vietlott

Lucky customers who win the jackpot will have to pay 10% personal income tax, according to regulations of the Ministry of Finance .

Thus, the customer who won the Jackpot today will have to pay more than 1.69 billion VND in personal income tax to the local budget that issued the Mega 6/45 lottery ticket. After fulfilling the tax obligation, the person who won the Jackpot today will receive a net amount of more than 15.2 billion VND.

In the 1,281st drawing of the Mega 6/45 product taking place today, in addition to the Jackpot prize worth more than 16.9 billion VND mentioned above, Vieltott's drawing council also found 15 first prizes with each prize worth 10 million VND, 979 second prizes with each prize worth 300,000 VND and 16,450 third prizes with each prize worth 30,000 VND.

The winner has 60 days from the date of announcement to claim the prize. After this period, the prize will be forfeited and added to Vietlott's other income category.

Exactly 1 week ago, in the 1,278th drawing of Mega 6/45 product which took place on the evening of November 17, Vietlott's Drawing Council found 1 lottery ticket that won the Jackpot prize worth more than 13.5 billion VND.

Two days earlier, in the 1,277th drawing of Mega 6/45 on the evening of November 15, Vietlott also found a winning lottery ticket worth nearly 46 billion VND.

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