209000 Wilyonaryo

More than a year after, DTI has finally decided to file administrative charges to the show and producers of Wilyonaryo. Interestingly, the show was not accused of cheating or having the deliberate intention of mispresenting the rules. Rather it was due to "a reasonable likelihood of error and provided the host and organizers significant latitude in controlling the outcome of the contest".

Pretty safe if you ask me. Well at least DTI had the courage to file charges no matter how petty.

So how did they come up with 209,000? I have no idea. I looked at Consumers Act or R.A. 7394. To my surprise, majority of the fines is worth a staggering 10,000 pesos. Actually only one was worth 20,000, in Article 95.

This means the show should have violated the clauses 20.1 times. Hmmm, didn't the scandal happen on the game portion's maiden broadcast? I was expecting the fine to be 2M honestly, wasn't that the source of controversy? Actually, I am surprised that ABS did not just give the jackpot to the contestant, to save them from yet another big controversy.

So, for Willie whose alleged vehicle tax has 7-digits, 209k is nothing. Who gets the money? DTI? I hope the contestant who got cheated, because for that person 209k is a lot of things.