ICYMI: Duterte stops all PCSO gaming activities including lotto, STL
MANILA, Philippines—President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered all gaming activities of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office , including lotto, stopped due to alleged “massive corruption” in the agency.
Following this announcement, Philippine National Police chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde, told radio station DZMM early Saturday that police teams would be deployed “first thing in the morning” to shut down lotto and other PCSO gaming outlets throughout the country. The President ordered Philippine National Police chief General Oscar Albayalde and the military to arrest anyone who would continue to operate beginning Saturday.
“I will give them 24 hours to remove them from public places. Tomorrow, beginning tomorrow at sunrise, everything, all transactions and gaming, wager of bets, becomes illegal,” he continued.
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