The game of lotto is a game of chance duly authorized by the national government through an Act of Congress. RA 1169, as amended by BP Blg. 42, is the law which grants a franchise to the PCSO and allows it to operate the lotteries.
x x xLOTTO IS NEITHER A PROGRAM NOR A PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, but of a charitable institution, PCSO.
~Justice Quisimbing, G.R. No. 129093
Gambling is gambling. That it is ran by a charitable institution is non-sequitur.
