Senate hearing delves on former employees who lost jobs due to closure of several Lotto outlets

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00:00 In the resumption of the Senate hearing on the PCSO/Lotto alleged irregularities and

00:04 its popular sweepstakes games, today's session dwelt mostly on Lotto agents who lost their

00:10 jobs as a result of the closure of several outlets nationwide.

00:14 Senator Rafi Tulfo vowed to look deeper into the closures and extend help to those who

00:19 lost their jobs.

00:20 Meanwhile, Senator Tulfo is pressing the PCSO for a faster declaration of winners, insisting

00:26 on a half a minute gap between the end of the draw and the determination of winner or

00:30 winners from the usual minute and a half to two minute intervals.

00:34 "We will reverse the decision.

00:37 The last time the GM said he will reverse it.

00:41 Okay, in 8 to 10 months.

00:43 So in 8 to 10 months, they will reverse the decision."

00:48 "There was no statement that it is impossible or not going to be done.

00:52 Like I mentioned earlier, it will take the supplier 8 to 10 months.

00:57 This is the provider."

00:58 "We will be able to ask the owner of those Lotto terminals, assuming that those terminals

01:06 are still in working order.

01:08 Next, they will say, 'This is old, it's broken.'

01:13 So actually, Mr. Chair, this is a management decision of PCSO."

01:17 No.