The Commission of Audit finds it suspicious that only job order workers and retirees won cash prizes during the raffle, saying the chance of that happening was 'extremely low.'
MANILA, Philippines – The Tourism Promotion Board’s year-end party on December 12, 2022 took a suspicious turn when it announced the winners of its “random” cash raffle. Of the 165 people present, the cash prizes went only to the 46 job order workers and three retirees.
State auditors said that the chances of only these people being selected was incredibly low: 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000416665. That’s even rarer than winning the Ultra Lotto 6/58 jackpot, which was“The manner of selection is doubtful since the probability of selecting all the 46 JOs and three retirees out of the 165 TPB personnel present in the event is only at 4.
COA has since asked the special disbursing officer and head of the TPB’s finance department to show documents detailing the selection mechanics for the raffle winners. The agency was also asked to provide the legal basis for the grant of the cash prizes.
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