Former Judge Felix Reyes, the newly-appointed chair of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Board of Director, assured on Thursday, May 30, that the revenue of the state-owned lotto operator will continue to go up under his leadership.
Reyes stressed that an increased revenue will mean the PCSO can help more people in need.
"30 percent ng bawat kita ng aming ahensya ay iyon ay napupunta sa charity kaya aming pilit na dinadagdagan ang paraan ng pagtaya sa ating mga lotto," Reyes said during DZRH's Damdaming Bayan.
Reyes expects that the introduction of e-Lotto will help increase the number of bettors, and push the revenue of PCSO to further heights.
"Nag-iisip pa kami ng iba kaparaanan sapagkat iyon naman ay dulot ng modern na teknolohiya, na talagang marami ay magagawa natin online," Reyes stressed.
"Dahil nga yung karanasan natin nung (COVID-19) pandemic, namulat na ang PCSO na dapat dagdagan ang kaparaannan ng pagtaya at iyan nga ang online," he added.
Under the medical assistance program of PCSO, Reyes said that the operator provides aid for hospitalization, dialysis, chemotherapy, and maintenance medicine.
Reyes said that PCSO also has a program that provides ambulances to various local government units.
The PCSO official said that the agency targets to provide an ambulance to all cities and municipalities before the end of the current Administration.
Reyes added that PCSO works to procure sea ambulances for island municipalities.
"Marami tayong island municipalities, island cities na mas kailangan nila ang sea ambulance para sa paghahatid ng ating mga kababayan na may sakit, itatawid ng isla, at dadalhin sa malapit na ospital," Reyes explained.
