6 arrested for jueteng in Caloocan campaign

Six persons caught "reviewing" jueteng bets were caught by Caloocan City police yesterday. Arrested were Jose Diaz, 40; Leonardo Navarro, 35; Rico Pascual, 18; Reynaldo dela Cruz, 55; Michael Gautani, 24; and Noel Santos, 32, all residents of Caloocan.

A certain "Santa," the alleged pointman in Caloocan City of a suspected gambling lord identified as "Tony ‘Bolok’ Santos," eluded arrest.

Station Intelligence and Investigation Division (SIID) chief Superintendent Dionicio Borromeo said the suspects were caught red-handed while allegedly "reviewing" bets for the illegal numbers game popularly known as jueteng.

The review of jueteng bets or "pagrerebisa," according to jueteng aficionados, is precisely the secret in raking in the profits in this numbers game. Simply illustrated, jueteng personnel called "rebisador" (reviewer) go over the bets prior to drawing of the winning numbers and manipulate them. – Jerry Botial