Six numbers all under 32 have the same chance as any other six out of 58, so a birthday slip is not a worse ticket. The catch is the 27 numbers from 32 to 58 that most players skip. Choosing some of them doesn't raise your odds of winning, only your odds of not splitting the prize if you do.
The game at a glance
6 of 58
Tue · Fri · Sun
Philippines
1 in 40,475,358
The same for every possible combination, including this one.
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18+
Must be 18+ to buy an Ultra Lotto 6/58 ticket or claim a prize.
Ultra Lotto 6/58, in brief
Ultra Lotto 6/58 is the largest of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office number games, and the hardest of them to win. A bet marks six numbers from 1 to 58, either chosen by hand or generated as a Lucky Pick at the terminal. Nothing else goes on the slip. There is no power ball and no second machine, so the six numbers either match the six drawn or they don't.
Draws run Tuesday, Friday and Sunday at 9pm. Because 58 numbers give 40,475,358 possible combinations, the jackpot rolls over often and can sit unclaimed for weeks. It starts at a guaranteed ₱75 million, the highest floor of any PCSO game, and grows every draw until somebody matches all six. There is no rollover limit forcing a payout.
That rollover behaviour is what produced the biggest lottery prize the Philippines has seen. In October 2018 the Ultra Lotto pot climbed past a billion pesos after months without a winner, and two tickets ended up splitting it. Below the jackpot the game pays three consolation divisions, with five and four correct numbers each sharing a seven-figure pool and three correct numbers paying a flat ₱100.
Prize tiers
Match 6Jackpot
The jackpot, starting at a guaranteed ₱75 million and rolling over indefinitely until it is won
Match 5
A shared ₱1,500,000 pool, split between every ticket matching five that night
Match 4
A shared ₱1,400,000 pool, split between every ticket matching four that night
Match 3
A fixed ₱100
Where Ultra Lotto 6/58 came from
A bigger matrix in 2015
PCSO launched Ultra Lotto 6/58 on 8 February 2015, adding three more balls than Grand Lotto 6/55 and lifting the number of combinations by roughly 40 percent. The reasoning was straightforward. A larger pool makes the jackpot harder to hit, which lets it roll further and reach headline sizes the smaller games rarely manage. The starting jackpot at launch was ₱50 million.
The billion-peso draw
On 14 October 2018 the jackpot reached ₱1,180,622,508 after a long run of draws with no winner. The combination 01-25-37-40-45-50 came up and two tickets held it, so the record prize was split. It remains the largest lottery jackpot ever paid in the Philippines and the only PCSO pot to pass a billion pesos. Prizes of that size are claimed in person at the PCSO head office rather than at a lotto outlet.
Higher floors from 2026
The bet on every PCSO jackpot game went from ₱20 to ₱25 on 1 February 2026, and the minimum jackpots went up with it. Ultra Lotto's floor moved from ₱50 million to ₱75 million, the biggest increase in peso terms of any game in the set. The consolation divisions were reworked at the same time, turning what used to be a few thousand pesos for four correct numbers into a shared seven-figure pool.
Picking numbers, honestly
A long rollover doesn't make the jackpot more likely to fall. Ultra Lotto went months without a winner before October 2018, and each of those draws still had the same 1 in 40,475,358 chance of producing one. Balls have no memory of the draws before them, and a growing pot changes the prize, not the probability.
Ultra Lotto's jackpots are the biggest PCSO offers because the game is the hardest to win, not despite it. Adding three balls to the 6/55 format cut the chance of a jackpot by about 28 percent, which is precisely why the pot survives long enough to reach nine and ten figures.
Ultra Lotto 6/58 — frequently asked
Tuesday, Friday and Sunday at 9pm Manila time.
₱1,180,622,508, drawn on 14 October 2018 and split between two winning tickets. It is still the largest lottery prize in Philippine history.
Because the pool is bigger. Six numbers from 58 give 40,475,358 combinations, against 28,989,675 for 6/55 and 8,145,060 for 6/45. Longer odds mean fewer winners, which is what lets the jackpot roll up to the sizes 6/58 is known for.
₱25 for one six-number bet since 1 February 2026, documentary stamp tax included. The same slip can cover up to six consecutive draws, and system entries covering seven to twelve numbers cost more because each one prints multiple combinations.
No. One machine, 58 balls, six drawn. Every prize division is decided by how many of your six numbers appear among those six, and nothing is drawn afterwards to break ties or split tiers.