Economic managers of both Duterte and Marcos never backed online gambling. But will a ban be effective, given the slippery nature of illegal POGOs?
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But the country’s economic architects – the Cabinet officials in charge of improving the Philippines’ fiscal position – were never really on board. In fact, they recommended an outright ban amid criminal activities surrounding POGOs.The Duterte administration saw the biggest gains in the POGO industry.
“When we refer to POGO hubs as self-contained communities, what we mean is that these hubs will have all the basic needs of the foreign employees of POGO,” Domingo said in a text message to reporters last August 8, 2019. In a November 2022 Senate hearing, Pagcor said it intends to grow POGO revenues to P10 billion by 2027, higher than the P8 billion earned in 2019, or during the peak of POGO activities. It added that they aim to have a 100% market share of the online gambling industry in Southeast Asia.
The gaming regulator, as well as the police and local government units, are struggling with law enforcement.
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