Too small!
By Mortz C. Ortigoza
DAGUPAN CITY – A mayor in the Fifth Congressional District in Pangasinan
snubbed the measly three percent offers by the government run Small Town
Lottery (STL) after Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office's General Manager Alexander F. Balutan wrote him for the jueteng- like game to
operate in his town.
“I did not
attend the meeting called by Major Efren Fajardo at Star Plaza Hotel (in
Dagupan City). They can own that three percent. It was small. It’s only for
the mayor,” the chief executive,
who asked for anonymity, said as he empathized with his vice mayor, nine
councilors and the chief of police who were not included on the distribution of
percentages from the PCSO’s supervised number
game gambling STL.
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| A poor bettor hopes that her day's bet to the elusive win of a number game Small Town Lottery could land her a bonanza while a cobradores (collector) writes her bet number that she sometimes took from the night's dream and other tell -tale signs. PHOTO CREDIT: Hataw Tabloid |
"I don't want that my vice mayor and councilors could say something against me that I have my 3 percent while they got nothing," he stressed.
Aside from the modicum sums given to the mayor, two factions of the STL’s
franchisee Golden Go Rapid Gaming Corporation (GGRGC) in Pangasinan squabble for official identity.
A photo copy of a Notarized Secretary Notification being circulated
among mayors and media men purportedly by GGRGC President Gary James Arenas
said that Fajardo and Anthony Ong were no longer members of the GGRGC effective
immediately.
