Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Alexander “Mandirigma” Balutan announced on Tuesday that the agency has resumed its applications for prospective bidders of Small Town Lottery in the provinces of Masbate and Antique.
Applications for both provinces will be opened until Aug. 23, 2018.
STL is a regular game by PCSO authorized by the national government through Section 1 of Republic Act 1169; while AACs are corporations or cooperatives duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or with the Cooperative Development Authority, respectively that applied, been duly qualified and expressly authorized by the PCSO to conduct STL in a particular area.
“STL is a jueteng killer. Lahat ng illegal numbers game andyan na lahat—jueteng, masiao, pares, swertres, atbp. STL na ang kanilang generic name,” said Balutan.
For the first semester of 2018, STL has registered a whopping P12.3-billion revenues, up by 146.85-percent or P7.4-billion increase compared to the same period last year.