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Senators call for investigation into 'suspicious' Grand Lotto results

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Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Bettors line up in an outlet in Quezon City in September 28, 2018. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/09/28/20180928-lotto-bettors-jackpot-md-8264.jpg"/><figcaption>Bettors line up in an outlet in Quezon City in September 28, 2018. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Two senators on Sunday called for an investigation into Saturday&#x27;s 6/55 Grand Lotto results, where 433 winners won the jackpot prize of more than P236 million.</p><p>In a statement, Sen. Koko Pimentel said he is considering filing a resolution to &quot;audit and investigate&quot; the gaming activities of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/01/22/433-winners-to-split-p236m-655-grand-lotto-jackpot">433 winners to split P236M 6/55 Grand Lotto jackpot</a></li></ul><p>This, he said, is to ensure the agency&#x27;s integrity and &quot;protect millions of Filipino bettors,&quot; following Saturday&#x27;s results which he called &quot;strange and unusual.&quot;</p><p>“Katakataka iyong result na yan. Iyong 433 ang mananalo, supposed to be ang chances mo diyan is 1 in how many millions. So ibig sabihin, ganun kahirap dapat tamaan iyan and then to say na 433 ang tumama, there is something suspicious,” Pimentel said. </p><p>“Talagang marami po ang nagtaka, na medyo nagulat because statistically speaking, this is a very rare event. Let us take this opportunity to investigate so that ang purpose natin is to ensure the integrity of our lotto games,” he added.</p><p>He also stressed the need to look into the entire lottery system, especially as its games are authorized by the government. </p><p>&quot;Therefore, we need to maintain and protect the integrity of these gambling games that we have authorized,” he said. </p><p>For her part, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said she supports Pimentel&#x27;s move to investigate the &quot;extraordinary&quot; Grand Lotto results.</p><p>&quot;We just want to rule out any doubts in the public mind that the results have been manipulated,&quot; Hontiveros said in a separate statement.</p><p>&quot;While we recognize that people tend to bet in patterns, we also want to make sure the system is secure, free from glitches, and trustworthy,&quot; she added.</p><div><strong>&#x27;MARAMING NAG-AALAGA&#x27;</strong></div><p>But in a press conference on Sunday, PCSO vice chairperson and general manager Melquiades Robles said that Saturday&#x27;s results only showed Filipinos&#x27; betting behaviors, particularly the tendency to keep select numbers. </p><p>&quot;Kaya maraming nanalo, kasi ang daming nag-aalaga [ng numero],&quot; Robles told reporters.</p><p>He also said that they saw a &quot;betting pattern&quot; before Saturday&#x27;s results, and that there were allegedly &quot;a lot of bettors&quot; to the winning combination: 9-18-27-36-45-54.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s the first time in a game of chance,&quot; Robles said.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES: </strong></div><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=2110177" 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>

Two senators called for an investigation into Saturday's 6/55 Grand Lotto results, where 433 winners won the jackpot prize of more than P236 million.

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Senators call for investigation into 'suspicious' Grand Lotto results

Raffy Cabristante,

ABS-CBN News

Published Oct 02, 2022 04:55 PM PHT

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Koko Pimentel

Risa Hontiveros

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