As COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease up, the gambling market in the Philippines is demonstrating a sharp year-over-year recovery. Naturally, legal sports betting has gone up considerably lately, with major domestic and international leagues resuming mostly uninterrupted activities. For example, the 2021 PBA Governors’ Cup is back up and running, and the games have so …
After no small uncertainty over whether or not the 2021 PBA Governors’ Cup would be concluded or scrapped in favor of preparing for the 2022 PBA season, the popular Philippine basketball conference – to the delight of Philippine online sports bettors everywhere – has been allowed to commence as previously planned. No major changes have …
As COVID lockdowns slowly come to a (hopefully permanent) end in the Philippines and abroad, things are moving apace in the local gambling market. And while all the most recent developments aren’t necessarily things to write home about – i.e. the Misasmis Oriental casino scandal, the Boracay casino protests, and the general political pushback on …
Casual gamblers in the Philippines are struggling to find local games and events to bet on. However, that will hopefully be remedied in short order, as the country is on pace to reduce its COVID-19 threat levels in the coming weeks. Reportedly, the overall impact of the so-called Omicron variant has waned significantly of late. …
As we usher in 2022 under a cloud of growing uncertainty – the Omicron variant is causing new COVID lockdowns, the 2021-2022 PBA Governors’ Cup conference remains suspended, and the upcoming Philippine Presidential election is still several months away – one thing is clear: The country is all in on gambling expansion. Rather, that is …
In the Philippines, you can bet on almost anything online. Despite the various domestic limitations, Philippine gambling is readily – and legally – available on the Internet. If you know where to look. So while you can’t bet sports online with MegaSportsWorld and probably don’t have the necessary “VIP” status to play real-money online casino …
Online casino gambling in the Philippines has been in the spotlight for two different reasons of late. Firstly, due to the last two years of coronavirus lockdowns, the Philippine government has recently allowed major resort casinos in Entertainment City to offer iGaming platforms to their VIP patrons. Naturally, most gamblers in the nation aren’t established …
It’s no secret that despite being home to Macau – the world’s largest destination casino district – China is no fan of gambling. But China has an even bigger distaste for online gambling, which has been the market segment to bear the brunt of the country’s new and stricter oversight of the Macau gambling industry. …
For Filipino online gamblers, the betting season is – in many ways – just getting started. Yes, the 2021 PBA Philippine Cup has come to a close with favorites TNT Tropang Giga defeating the Magnolia Hotshots four games to one, but the NBA betting season is ramping up. And while American football isn’t the biggest …
There’s not a great deal to report about the current state of Philippines gambling. The COVID lockdowns are still delaying various Entertainment City IR reopenings, the Okada Manila has gone public in a $2.6 billion merger, and the 2021 PBA Philippine Cup Finals just tipped off. Re the Philippine Cup championship, Game 1 saw betting …