NBI, PCSO nab 40 Peryahan ng Bayan workers in Cebu

PR 11/27/2018

The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested at least 40 individuals in simultaneous raids on illegal Peryahan ng Bayan operations in Cebu and Mandaue cities last week, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said on Tuesday. PCSO General…

Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot to hit P100M by Saturday — PCSO

Inquirer.net 11/22/2018

The Grand Lotto 6/55 pot is projected to reach P100 million by Saturday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said Thursday. PCSO Assistant General Manager for Gaming Sector Arnel Casas told INQUIRER.net that the prize could reach…

Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot to hit P100M by Saturday — PCSO

Inquirer.net 11/22/2018

The Grand Lotto 6/55 pot is projected to reach P100 million by Saturday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said Thursday. PCSO Assistant General Manager for Gaming Sector Arnel Casas told INQUIRER.net that the prize could reach…

Sandiganbayan acquits former PCSO exec

Inquirer.net 05/17/2018

The Sandiganbayan has acquitted the last ex-Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) official involved in the plunder case of former President, and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The anti-graft Court has acquitted former PCSO general manager Rosario Uriarte…

Bill seeks to make Congress as Pagcor’s sole regulatory body

Inquirer.net 08/20/2017

Are there too many regulatory agencies in the gaming industry? Party-list group One Patriotic Coalition of Marginalized Nationals (1-Pacman) has gotten the ball rolling on a priority measure to make the Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor)…

PCSO pledges P5M aid to hospitalized Maute rebels, victims

Inquirer.net 06/09/2017

‘Apolitical’ donation Calling its charity organization “apolitical,” the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Friday announced that it is sending out P5 million worth of medicines and bottled water to victims and evacuees from Marawi City, and…

Exploiting people’s weakness through broadcast

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 12/08/2016

There is no justification for exploiting people’s weakness and hopelessness. Last Monday, my fellow station manager, Raul Credo, of IFm handed to me a hard copy of a letter from Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP)…

PCSO chief pushes STL; numbers games players told: Go legal

Morexette Erram 10/28/2016

PLAYERS of the numbers games in the country are encouraged to “go legal” as President Rodrigo Duterte is planning to focus on the war against illegal gambling next year. Jose Jorge Corpuz, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO)…

One lucky lola, a multi-millionaire

Carmel Loise Matus 08/02/2016

THE lotto winner from Cebu is a woman in her mid-60s, who went to the Philippine Charity and Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in Cebu to verify if the ticket she was holding contained the winning lotto numbers. Glenn…

Police raid 5 illegal lotto outlets

Rene Alima 11/27/2015

FIVE persons were arrested when police raided five illegal “swertres” outlets in a series of anti-gambling operations in Minglanilla town, southern Cebu last Wednesday afternoon. The five lotto outlets were not authorized to operate by the Philippine…

PCSO wants to expand lotto

Inquirer 02/17/2014

Lawmakers are increasingly turning to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to secure funds for the medical needs of their constituents now that the pork barrel is gone. As a result of this development, PCSO executives are…

Crowd control, limited funds are top Sinulog concerns

Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles 01/24/2014

Crowd control and the need to source more funds for the Sinulog are the top two concerns of organizers as Cebu City wrapped up its biggest festival and begins preparing for the next one. “There is no…

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