While the Philippine offshore gambling industry is thriving, the Chinese government claims that the small island nation is playing with loaded dice at China’s expense. The online gambling boom in the Philippines is directly tied to the popularity and domestic illegality of casino gaming and sports betting in mainland China because POGOs, or Philippine Offshore …
The Philippines will start to see more online casino centers around the islands as the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) looks to cash in on the booming gaming industry. PAGCOR has been the gaming regulator for all of the Philippines excluding the Cagayan Valley region since its creation in 1976. The government organization is …
Four high ranking police officers were arrested for playing online Sabong and drinking inside an eatery. The Philippine National Police partnered with the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) arrested three officers assigned to the PNP Health Services: Staff Sergeant Erwin Gobis, Corporal Ariel Pasion, Senior Master Sergeant Demetrio Laroya, one officer from the PNP …
Results from the most recent midterm elections have given President Duterte even more power than before. This year’s Midterm results show that all of Duterte’s endorsed candidates for the Senate were voted in by Filipinos. Many individuals in the Philippines are concerned with the added power of a Senate on the President’s side may mean …
Days before the Philippines midterm election Duterte backs off anti-gambling stance. In an impromptu campaign announcement supporting his fellow PDP-Laban party allies on May 11th, President Duterte announced backing off his strong anti-gambling stance. He was heard saying, “I cannot stop it anyway and I know I am lacking,” followed with “I will not meddle …
Gambling regulators in the Philippines are claiming success for regulating the online gambling industry after casino revenue spiked in 2018. The Philippine Amusement & Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) recently released a statement confirming that offshore gaming providers have substantially increased revenue figures in the two years since the Filipino market opened up to offshore gaming operators. …
An illegal gambling den was raided at a Philippine immigration jail at the Bureau of Immigration (BI) near Manila. Philippine immigration operatives launched a surprise raid at a BI jail in Taguig after surveilling the BI Warden Facility for over two months. The raid resulted in cash seized in the amount of PHP130,000, credit cards, …
The Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has requested the gaming regulator PAGCOR to require in-person registration before issuing a Phillippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) license. The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation has been regulating the gaming industry in the Philippines since 1976 when they were first commissioned by a Presidential Decree 1067-a to regulate …
Gambling revenue has been on the rise in the Philippines due in part to foreign high-rollers who travel and like to gamble in the Philippines. Despite greater competition from neighboring countries looking to cash in on gambling tourism, the Philippines are hoping to see an increase in gambling revenue for 2019 as well. The Philippine …
With the next big World Boxing Association (WBA) event drawing near, headlining fighters Adrian Broner and Manny Pacquiao are taking turns with their fight predictions, and to nobody’s surprise, both fighters are saying that they will knock the other fighter out. Pacquiao was first to make headlines when he said that he was looking for …