“But if we insist on weighing the social costs of particular industries against the revenues they earn, then let’s make an earnest effort to study the effects of online gambling on our citizens,” said the lawmaker. READ:
online gambling instead of singling out the controversial Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators in the country.
“Since Filipinos are the targets of online gambling platforms, it is clear that the social costs of electronic gambling are greater than that of POGOs,” he said. Abante quoted the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Manila as saying “Chinese citizens gambling overseas, opening casinos to attract Chinese citizens as primary customers constitute gambling crimes.”“But what about our own people? By allowing online gambling here, are we not acting as enablers of a vice that has proven to be so destructive and counterproductive in China that its government has outlawed it?” Abante noted.
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