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IN A LOTTERY, IN WHICH YOU PICK 6 NUMBERS FROM A POSSIBLE POOL OF 49 NUMBERS YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING THE JACKPOT ARE 1 IN 13,983,816. THAT IS ONE SHOT IN 14 MILLION. OF COURSE IF I AM LUCKY ENOUGH AND HIT THE JACKPOT AMOUNTING TO HUNDRED MILLION DEDUCTING A 20% FROM IT IS NOT A BIG PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH I SUSPECT THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH DEDUCTION ON WHETHER THE MONEY THAT ARE EXTRACTED FROM THE LOTTERY WINNINGS WILL BE USED FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSES. BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE BEEN OBSERVED, ONLY A PORTION OF IT WILL GOES TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF IT GOES STRAIGHT TO THEIR PERSONAL POCKETS. THINK ABOUT THIS, HOW MANY CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS DURING THEIR TERM OF OFFICE CREATED JOBS FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS. LET US LOOK AT THEIR LIVES AND LIFESTYLES THEY BECOME RICHER AND RICHER WHILE THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE (THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY) BECOMES POORER AND POORER AND PINNING HOPES IN A LOTTERY THAT ONE DAY THEY WILL BECOME A MILLIONAIRE. UNKNOWINGLY, M

FOR SO MANY YEARS THE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPTAKES IS EARNING BILLIONS OF PESOS AND WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST SOURCES OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE SERVICES. DESPITE OF THE HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE OF ITS BET FROM TEN PESOS TO TWENTY PESOS, FILIPINOS STILL PATRONIZE THIS GAMES OF CHANCE HOPING THAT ONE DAY LUCK SMILES AT THEM. ANOTHER FAST RISING GAMES OF CHANCE OF THE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES IS KENO. IT IS BELIEVED TO SURPASS THE COMBINED SALES OF LOTTO 6/42, 6/45, 6/49, 6/55 AND 6/58 IN THE YEARS TO COME. BUT LATELY, A BAD NEWS STRUCK THE GAMES OF CHANCE PLAYERS WHEN LOTO OUTLETS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY POSTED A BULLETIN BOARD THAT SAYS; “WINNINGS OF MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND PESOS ARE TAXABLE OF TWENTY PERCENT IN CLOSE PARENTHESIS ORDERED BY BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE (BIR). THIS IS A RIDICULOUS MEMORANDUM COMING FROM THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE. A GAME OF CHANCE IS A GAME OF CHANCE MEANING IT IS NEAR TO IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN HUGE MONEY FROM ANY GAMES THEY P