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BY RUBY SILUBRICO
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ILOILO City – A certification from the Small Town Lottery (STL) Gaming Corp. saved a bet collector from getting charged with illegal gambling.
Sherry Amor Senosa was arrested around 6:40 p.m. on Nov. 11 in Barangay M.H. del Pilar, Jaro. According to the district police, they caught Senosa soliciting bets for the illegal numbers game “bookies.”
But STL Gaming Corp. claimed the 36-year-old Senosa, a resident of Barangay Benedicto, also in Jaro, was their authorized agent.
STL is legal in Iloilo City.
STL Gaming Corp. told Panay News they sent the Jaro police a certification stating Senosa’s status as an authorized bet collector as soon as they learned she was arrested.
The certification was dated Nov. 11 and signed by corporate secretary Eleseo Gonzales.
But the Jaro police refused to accept it and charged Senosa with violation of Republic Act 9287, an Act increasing penalties for illegal numbers games, before the City Prosecutor’s Office on Nov. 12.
Prosecutor Nazelle Biliran-Infante dismissed the charge and ordered Senosa’s release after seeing the STL Gaming Corp. certification.
“There was no probable cause on the basis of evidence presented, to include the certification from STL management,” Infante said in the release order dated Nov. 12.
Now the STL management considers filing a criminal complaint against the Jaro police.
Chief Inspector Ruel Firmo, Jaro police chief, cannot be reached for comment as of this writing. He was not answering calls on his mobile phone./PN
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