The PCSO Lottery Draw is a Philippine television game show produced by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). It airs daily (except Christmas, New Year and Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday) on the People's Television Network (PTV) since March 8, 1995, and involves the PCSO workforce consisting of more than 2,000 employees. The program consists of drawing of both parimutuel and fixed payout lottery games, sweepstakes games, and since November 15, 2017, it added the centralized draws of the Small Town Lottery (Pares, Swer3 and Swer2) for the provinces that do not conduct their own local STL draws. The program is also simulcast over DZME 1530 kHz, and Brigada News FM stations, formerly on DZIQ 990 kHz and PCSO and PTV's websites, Facebook pages and YouTube accounts. History The program was launched on March 8, 1995, became first known as "Philippine Lotto Draw" with original hosts. Tina Revilla, Kathy De Leon-Villar and various hosts (e.g. Timmy Cruz). In 2013, the program change its name known as the "Philippine Lottery Draw". Since 2016, the show was renamed known as "PCSO Lottery Draw". On October 27, 2019, the program launched a new segment called Handog Pasasalamat sa Pamilyang Pilipino, as part of the 85th-anniversary celebration of the PCSO. Five families from a selected barangay will receive various items, such as grocery items and cash prizes, from a sponsor, usually associated with PCSO. The segment is hosted by one of the main hosts and a guest co-host, either by Dennis Padilla or Gary Lim. It is held every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. In October 2022, 433 people struck the jackpot in a single draw day, which was the highest number of people ever to win the Grand Lotto's top prize. This prompted suspicion among many people, including statistics experts. Draw procedure Before every draw, day begins with the airing of a clip in which the blowing machines, called "Mega Gems", and the balls used in each game are inspected to ensure that everything is fair and nothing is concealed in the machines and balls for the draw day. The inspection is undertaken by a panel of judges, composed of a neutral set of people not connected with the PCSO. Representatives from the Commission on Audit oversee the proceedings and the draw to see that everything goes according to protocol. The pre-draw procedure is as follows: The panel inspects each of the Mega