{"id":13696,"date":"2021-01-25T08:28:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T08:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=13696"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:25:30","slug":"okada-manila-warns-online-casino-not-to-use-its-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/okada-manila-warns-online-casino-not-to-use-its-name","title":{"rendered":"Okada Manila warns online casino not to use its name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An online casino is illegally using the name of the Okada Manila casino resort to promote gambling activities, the operators says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The <strong>Okada Manila casino resort<\/strong>, a property operated in the Philippine capital by a unit of <strong>Japan\u2019s Universal Entertainment Corp<\/strong>, has warned an online casino against <strong>unauthorised use of its name<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said: \u201cIt appears that certain persons and groups are promoting an online casino claiming to be operated by Okada Manila&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPlease be advised that such claims are false. Okada Manila does not operate an online gaming facility or service at present. We urge the public not to patronise these unauthorised online gaming operations, which are\u00a0illegal and punishable under the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said it may take legal action against those infringing on its corporate identity by using its brands without authorisation. It is <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/okada-manila-warns-of-fake-resale-of-rooms\" target=\"_blank\">not the first time the company found itself having to issue a warning over unauthorised online use of its name.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December,\u00a0the Philippine casino regulator confirmed that three of <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-operators-get-online-casino-licences\" target=\"_blank\">Manila\u2019s Entertainment City gaming resorts\u00a0were among\u00a0venues approved\u00a0to offer online gaming<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to domestic players under new\u00a0Philippine Inland Gaming Operator\u00a0(PIGO)\u00a0licences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three venues approved\u00a0were\u00a0Okada Manila,\u00a0Bloomberry Resorts&#8217; Solaire Resort and Casino, and City of Dreams Manila, operated by a unit of Asian operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online casino is illegally using the name of the Okada Manila casino resort to promote gambling activities, the operators says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Okada Manila has issued a public warning against an unauthorized online casino illegally using its brand identity to promote gambling activities, despite the resort itself not currently operating an online gaming facility. This incident highlights ongoing challenges with brand infringement within the iGaming sector, even as Okada Manila, along with Solaire and City of Dreams Manila, has received PIGO licenses for domestic online gaming.","focusai_entities":"Okada Manila, Universal Entertainment Corp, Bloomberry Resorts, Solaire Resort and Casino, City of Dreams Manila, Melco Resorts and Entertainment","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.97), operator_casino (0.92), affiliate_publisher (0.8), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.93), gambler_consumer (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR Enforcement Strategy?","query":"What specific enforcement actions will PAGCOR undertake to mitigate the proliferation of unauthorized online gaming operations leveraging established land-based casino brands in the Philippines?"},{"label":"Okada Manila PIGO Launch?","query":"Given the PIGO license approval, what is the projected timeline and strategic approach for Okada Manila to launch its own legitimate online gaming facility, and how will it differentiate from these unauthorized entities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,16338,439],"tags":[20326,8986],"class_list":["post-13696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-okada-manila"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13696"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13713,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13696\/revisions\/13713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}