00:00 Many people were shocked by the 3-digit lottery game of PCSO this Tuesday.
00:06 It was the first digit that was lost.
00:11 We have the first news, Maav Gonzalez.
00:14 The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office or PCSO's live stream was flooded with complaints
00:22 after the lottery machine went out of order on February 27.
00:26 The ball fell on the first machine in the 2PM draw of the 3-digit game.
00:34 Our first machine was not selected so we will repeat the ramble.
00:38 Sir, what happened?
00:40 We had technical difficulties.
00:44 We had a draw machine malfunction.
00:46 We will have alternate procedures.
00:49 If the machine was not selected, we will replace it with another machine.
00:56 The new machine was tested to make sure that it was able to play the ball properly.
01:01 The balls were placed and the live stream was cut off.
01:04 After 15 minutes, the live stream was replayed and the first digit was lost.
01:11 Some people commented that all digits should be lost for the sake of fairness.
01:15 PCSO explained that this is not a joke and that this is happening in other countries as well.
01:22 We cannot consider this as a glitch because this is just a normal process and procedure.
01:32 As I mentioned earlier, this already happened in the past.
01:36 Machine malfunction is really beyond our control.
01:40 The numbers of the balls cannot be replaced.
01:43 Once the draw machine already selected a number ball, that is already the official winning number.
01:52 We cannot change it again.
01:54 Especially since this is live and the person can see it.
01:59 Rest assured that PCSO is preserving the integrity of lottery draw operations.
02:06 PCSO was recently questioned in the Senate.
02:10 Because of the fact that jackpots are often hit in different lottery games.
02:14 The Senate Games Committee Chairman, Senator Rafi Tulfo will investigate the incident
02:19 to find out if this is a glitch or just a normal action of PCSO.
02:23 The investigation in the e-lottery system is not yet over.
02:26 This happened.
02:28 Senator I.M. Marcos, who was previously called to stop the lottery draw in the middle of the integrity questions,
02:35 was surprised to see the draw being questioned.
02:37 What is that?
02:40 Until all of that is solved, stop it first.
02:43 What they are saying is that it should be returned from the start and repeat.
02:49 It is hard to lose the trust of the people.
02:53 It should be shown that there is no problem there.
02:55 Just live stream everything.
02:57 PCSO will look into the possibility of live streaming in lottery draws.
03:01 PCSO will also ensure that there are lottery draw judges who will oversee the whole process, including the Commission on Audit.
03:07 This is the first news.
03:09 Mab Gonzalez for GMA Integrated News.
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