Binay calls out PNP’s ‘misplaced priorities’ in quelling STLs instead of crime

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 08:54:37 +0000

Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday said the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) move to focus on closing down small-town lottery (STL) outlets rather than chasing after criminals shows their “misplaced sense of priority,” as she called the move an “overkill and overreaction.”

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Duterte shutdown order stuns lottery operators

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 22:05:05 +0000

Duterte shutdown order stuns lottery operators

Marites, 47, woke up early on Saturday to collect the bets for Small Town Lottery (STL) in her neighborhood in Booy village in Tagbilaran, Bohol, where she has been working as a kubradora (bet collector) for about five years.

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7 bet collectors for illegal small town lottery nabbed in Quezon

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 03:52:09 +0000

At least seven suspected bet collectors of an illegal operation of small town lottery (STL) or “bookies,” were arrested in police operations in Tayabas City, Mauban and Sariaya towns in Quezon province on Tuesday, police said Wednesday.

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Graft complaints filed against PCSO OIC, other execs

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 12:43:15 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) officer-in-charge Simeon Pinili and other executives are facing graft complaints for allegedly recognizing a new set of officials of Speedgame Inc. (SGI), the company assigned to operate the Small-Town Lottery (STL). According to SGI General Manager Jose Millora, who filed the complaint before the Office of the […]

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Senate keen on resuming hearing on STL

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 21:40:37 +0000

The Senate may resume its inquiry into alleged anomalies in Small Town Lottery (STL) operations amid conflicting reasons given by Malacañang and former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office General Manager Alexander Balutan for his unceremonious exit, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Sunday.

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