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'Kabulastugan na yan': Imee seeks suspension of lotto draw due to suspicious 'winners'

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Sen. Imee Marcos. Albert Calvelo/Senate PRIB" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/09/14/20220914-imee-marcos.jpg"/><figcaption>Sen. Imee Marcos. <em>Albert Calvelo/Senate PRIB</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATED)</strong> — Sen. Imee Marcos on Friday suggested the suspension of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office&#x27;s (PCSO) lotto games until the agency answers allegations of anomalies in its system.</p><p>&quot;Ako pikon na pikon na ko sa lotto na yan. Nawalan na ko ng pag-asa dahil January 2023 nag-file na ko na sana imbestigahan na yang PCSO na yan. Kasi mathematically improbable ang ginagawa nilang ganon kadalas [na winners]... Kung ano-anong kababalaghan na,&quot; Marcos said in a press briefing. </p><p>&quot;Hangga&#x27;t di napapaliwanag itong mga pangyayari na ito, itigil muna yung bola... Kabulastugan na yan,&quot; she added.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/23/24/sen-tulfo-to-take-closer-look-at-lotto-jackpot-winners">Sen. Tulfo to take closer look at lotto jackpot winners</a></li></ul><p>The senator accused PCSO of &quot;stealing&quot; from poor Filipinos, who are pinning their hope on lotto games to escape poverty. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/01/25/24/sunod-sunod-na-pagkapanalo-sa-lotto-iniimbestigahan">Sunod-sunod na pagkapanalo sa lotto, iniimbestigahan</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Naaawa naman ako sa mga pumupustang mahihirap, yan na nga lang ang tanging pag-asa nila na makadale ng konting pera eh ninanakaw pa, binobola pa.... Labis na yan,&quot; she said.</p><p>Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva raised the same point, along with the negative effects of gambling to people.<br/> <br/>“Legitimate concern. The State should not be promoting just a game of chance instead of coming up with concrete programs in creating job and ensuring that there will be a better future for our people,” Villanueva said.</p><p>The Senate, led by Sen. Raffy Tulfo, on Thursday conducted an investigation into alleged anomalies in the lotto games.</p><p>The Senate panel asked cybercrime investigators to examine the technology used to pick the winners of the country’s lotto games.At the Senate Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III and Senator Raffy Tulfo moved to investigate the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s lotto machines and drawing process, after the multi-million peso jackpot prize of five lotto games were were one after another, in just one month.<br/> <br/>“The issue pertains to the integrity of the game na ang tanong, talaga bang may nananalo sa lotto? Hindi ba namamanipula ang laro? O baka naman ito ay moro-moro lamang?,” Tulfo asked.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/25/24/koko-tulfo-order-investigation-of-pcsos-lotto-machines">Koko, Tulfo order investigation of PCSO&#x27;s lotto machines, system</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2942028" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said there was no way to predict who would win in a game of chance like the lotto. </p><p>&quot;The men and women behind PCSO also bet. Kung ito ay may alingasngas, ang unang hindi tataya ay &#x27;yung mga empleyado,&quot; General Manager Mel Robles said. </p><p>&quot;It cannot be manipulated, kaya naming patunayan &#x27;yan,&quot; he said in a TeleRadyo Serbisyo interview.<strong> -- With a report from Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News</strong></p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/01/26/24/lotto-cannot-be-manipulated-says-pcso-chief">Lotto cannot be manipulated, says PCSO chief</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2942042" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The senator accused PCSO of 'stealing' from poor Filipinos, who are pinning their hope on lotto games to escape poverty. 

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'Kabulastugan na yan': Imee seeks suspension of lotto draw due to suspicious 'winners'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

ABS-CBN News

Published January 26, 2024 02:34 PM PHT

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Updated January 27, 2024 01:14 AM PHT

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