The last Lotto jackpot for this decade is set to be in double figures, but Port-of-Spain Lotto vendors did not experience long lines on the day before the draw.
When Guardian Media visited several lotto outlets in downtown Port-of-Spain, there were a handful of Lotto players seeking the estimated $11.5 million jackpot.
At the busiest booth in the capital city that we visited at Excellent City Centre, the line was more populated with persons hoping to score a winning ticket in Play Whe and Cash Pot.
“That’d be great. I’d appreciate it very much. All my expenses would be finished and I would be really prepared not through the holidays but for the rest of my life,” said Cash Pot player Joel Nero, when he heard the estimated Lotto jackpot.
However, of those who did line up for the Lotto, many of them were not regular Lotto players but had hoped to get a great start to the new year.
“Not really a lotto fan but you have to try to see if you win something. Whoever win congratulations, everybody deserves a chance to change they life. You know a new year, to bring prosperity into your life. So good luck to everybody who play Lotto. And NLCB keep doing the good things and Trinidad and Tobago support each other,” said Christopher Lakhan.
Another Lotto player, Mark Figuera said, “I trying my luck nah. They say if you don’t have a ticket you don’t have a chance.”
He said he would donate some of the money to charity if he claimed the winning numbers today.
“I go do some charity with the money, I wouldn’t keep all and thing. I go do something good and useful with the money and thing,” he said.
The Lotto draw is set to take place tonight at 8:30 pm.
