President Rodrigo Duterte<\/a> took office in June 2016, he launched a campaign to rid the country of corruption. While the illegal drug trade was the primary target, the controversial leader additionally directed the closure of PhilWeb’s nearly 300 e-gaming cafes.<\/p>\nDuterte later changed his stance on internet gaming, so long as licensed operators are paying the correct amount of taxes to the government. POGO permit holders have paid more than $110 million in taxes this year.<\/p>\n
Domingo added that while the raids of at least 170 unlicensed gaming dens highlights the severity of the widespread problem, audits of operators that have obtained POGO authorizations have been found to largely be playing by the rules.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThe gaming agency chairwoman said there’s been “substantial compliance” among POGO businesses, and that working conditions have greatly improved since PAGCOR “stepped up” its monitoring in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Law enforcement agencies in the Philippines have been cracking down on unlicensed online gambling operations, and it’s now estimated that some 100,000 Chinese foreigners are in the country helping to facilitate the illegal enterprises. PAGCOR, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp, says more than 170 gambling dens operating illegal online casinos have been raided since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":89469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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