The thing is they should have just probably kept their money, almost everyday after work they pile up in the lottery booths to get their numbers. The chances of winning is slim an yet they still do it. I really believe that the current president is concerned on his fellow men and that is why he is stopping it, the lottery companies don't feel the guiltiness, all they want is dirty money, even though it is coming mostly from the poor. The people are blind by those winning pots, and don't even think about the fairness at all.
We can say that they are that desperate to earn money for their future.
I am not saying that they are all dependent on gambling or in the lottery, what I am saying is that it is a habit of most of the Filipinos to put their money into their lottery number since when I even was a kid, I usually commute and drivers and even other commuters before going home stop by a lottery booth to put their numbers in. They do that every single day, I'm impressed not because they are addicted but they are just consistent and that is funny since until not they are still not winning the main price though as far as I know, they won some but not that much since you can get a price of 4 to 5 numbers correctly.