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For every draw of the jackpot-bearing games, The PCSO Data center conducts the encoding of winning numbers and updating jackpot winners from the Remote Access Management Terminal or RAMT based on the new Lottery System and E-Lotto. On December 31, 2024, PCSO Lottery Draw started airing live on IBC and D8TV.
On August 1, 2024, PCSO breaks ground on P 2.2-b ultra-modern corporate center located in Ermita, Manila. The P 2.2-billion project is expected to become the permanent home for the agency's employees and stakeholders, while allowing a 24/7 operational capability for designated operations. [17]
In July 2024, it was announced that all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) would cease operations by the end of the year. This decision followed increased scrutiny over alleged links to illegal activities, including fraud and trafficking. PAGCOR confirmed the closures, marking the end of POGO operations in the country. [50] [51]
It has been asserted that illegal jueteng games were also run through branches and staff of the PCSO. [3] The Commission on Audit estimates that corrupt PCSO STL practices cost the government a combined ₱14.9 billion in missing receipts in 2017 and 2018. [34] The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has come out against the STL. [51]
In October 2024, a PCSO detective received a letter of retraining over the handling of a child sexual abuse report and was ordered to complete online training regarding interviews and interrogations. [21] In February 2024, Judd led an eight-day long undercover investigation with the PCSO into human trafficking which resulted in 228 arrests. [22]
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war. Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. At least 42 Palestinians are killed and more than 70 others are injured in Israeli strikes on a United Nations-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp and on a designated "safe zone" in al-Mawasi, Rafah.
In December 2014, Noel was appointed as director of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office by President Benigno Aquino III.He resigned from his position on September 15, 2015 due to expressing open support for the presidential campaign of Grace Poe for the 2016 election, instead of Aquino's preferred candidate Mar Roxas.
[17] The Kerala lottery was created as a mean to generate revenue to help the poor and the needy belonging to marginalized sections of society. [18] The profits from state lotteries sponsor several welfare programs. One of these is the Karunya Benevolent Fund Scheme that provides financial assistance to under-privileged people suffering from ...