LICENSES of all remaining Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) will be revoked by Dec. 15, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) announced on Thursday.
LICENSES of all remaining Philippine offshore gaming operators will be revoked by Dec . 15, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. announced on Thursday.This was the guarantee given by the agency to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during their meeting in Malacañang along with the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission .
Since then, Pagcor has trimmed the number of offshore gaming operators and service providers in the country to about 60 from more than 300, Tengco noted.To date, there are only seven POGOs with active Pagcor licenses.DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla, meanwhile, vowed they, together with the Paocc, will run down all underground gaming operators.
POGO Licenses Revoked By Dec 15
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