Despite a nationwide prohibition, the Philippines continues to grapple with the enduring popularity of online cockfighting, known locally as e-sabong. The country-wide ban, declared initially by former President Rodrigo Duterte in response to a series of disappearances and alleged murders tied to match-fixing, has failed to extinguish the digital gambling phenomenon. Enforcement Challenges and Legislative …
Normally, when discussing legal online gambling in the Philippines, we’re quick to point out that while the best offshore gambling sites offer Filipino gamblers a host of betting opportunities – from legal online casino gambling and legal online sports betting to legal online poker and legal online horse racing betting – the one area where …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …