I don't think that it's not about the PCSO being unwilling to assist the winner.
As per this post from ;
The time is reasonable if we look at the process.
- The Regional Trial Court ruled in favor of the bettor but the PCSO appealed and brought it to the Court of Appeals.
- The Court of Appeals upheld the decision of the RTC but the PCSO still not convinced so they went to the highest court.
- The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the two lower courts.
The PCSO have all the resources so they exercised all their legal options and that's why it took a total of 9 years to come to a decision with finality. That means there will be no more appeals.
The holder of the ticket had already won all the trials but it's the PCSO who keeps appealing, that was in 3 court, RTC, COP and SC, all of them favored the holder of the ticket that wasn't honored, so that's the reason why the winnings was release. So if PCSO was willing to give, they should have not appealed after the RTC already made a decision.