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Duterte lifts ban on small-town lottery ops but sets conditions

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted the ban on small-town lottery operations nationwide but set conditions, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said. PCSO General Manager Royina Garma said in a Facebook Live video on Thursday, Aug. 22, that authorized agent corporations (AACs) that are compliant with the conditions of their STL agency agreement and have been remitting their guaranteed minimum monthly retail receipts may operate provided they meet the following: The AACs shall deposit with […]

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JUST IN: Duterte orders all forms of gambling terminated due to “massive corruption”

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the “stoppage” of all forms of gambling including lotto. “I have ordered today the closure, stoppage of games, schemes, whatever nature, however done, that got their franchises to do so from the (Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office)” Duterte said in a video  posted on RTVM’s YouTube account. According to Duterte, the ground for the stoppage was “massive corruption.” He ordered the military and the police to implement his directive, which […]

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