The Fourth Draw - SM Mall of Asia

I just read through my earlier post on the Third Draw last October 4 at the Pagcor Airport Casino and it is amazing how alike this one came off.

Finance Sec Gary Teves arrived at 12:55, just 10 minutes later than he did last time, but still just in time for the 1pm live airing. The Finance press had come in just earlier and the entertainment reporters were also around as we had held a special presscon for the latter earlier.

The actual show ran long again, 20 minutes instead of the alloted 15, but I doubt that ABC 5 will be complaining. Last month, we ran 20:14, so it's kinda amazing how the time came up virtually the same.

The electronic tambiolo did its job, as usual, but there was another minor error. At the end of the draw, J.M. was supposed to press Esc and then the 5 winning raffle entry numbers would be flashed on screen. He hit the Esc button twice though, so the screen went all the way to the Windows page. Next time, we will have to slightly reprogram to ensure that the Winner's Page is properly displayed.

All in all, it was a good draw and the crowd at the Mall was enthusiastic. The SM malls have been great for PSR, as the public venue allows us to distribute about 5,000 flyers on the average during a taping day.

Our contacts in the BIR also reported a bit of good news. Their Requests for Approval of Official Receipts have been increasing. They attribute this to businesses having to issue more OR's - partially due to the success of PSR in getting consumers to ask for OR's.

Just another step towards making PSR a better program.