“The public simply wants the PCSO to function as intended and not become another cookie jar for enterprising officials” OUR country has a long history of
“The public simply wants the PCSO to function as intended and not become another cookie jar for enterprising officials”Even our national hero Dr. Jose Rizal won in a lottery while exiled in Dapitan.Today, there is a smorgasbord of daily lottery draws that the public can choose from to try their luck while contributing to charity.Under the law, Philippine lotteries are operated and managed by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office which was originally established on Oct. 30, 1935.
As we can see, the bulk of all money collected should go to winners while the rest goes to charity and office operating expenses. The public does not know however whether this is being followed to the letter.It does not make public how much money has gone to lottery winners and how much has gone to supporting charity, much less the total collection for the whole year.
The PCSO must ensure the integrity of our lottery system, otherwise, it becomes a highway robbery. Early last year, for instance, more than 400 people won the jackpot.Unimaginable I would say, yet, it did happen but the PCSO was never able to explain it satisfactorily and simply attributed it to mere coincidence.
The PCSO, therefore, owes the public an explanation why the rate of increase in prizes if the jackpot is not won is very predictable. Maybe the PCSO would care to explain all these for the sake of transparency and in fairness to the millions of people who buy lottery tickets every day.
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