{"id":26685,"date":"2022-01-27T10:45:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T13:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=26685"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:51:03","slug":"the-philippines-11-arrested-for-illegal-cockfight-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-philippines-11-arrested-for-illegal-cockfight-betting","title":{"rendered":"The Philippines: 11 arrested for illegal cockfight betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in the Philippines have arrested 11 people for alleged involvement in illegal cockfighting betting in Bantayan Island, northern Cebu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- 11 men have been arrested for allegedly being involved in illegal cockfights on Bantayan Island, north of Cebu. Another 16 people were able to escape and hide from the police who chased after them yesterday (January 26).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police carried out\u00a0<strong>a raid at an illegal cockfight locally known as tigbakay<\/strong>\u00a0after receiving calls from concerned citizens. During the raid, police seized 16 roosters, two dead chickens, cockfighting knives and PHP1,500. Those arrested will be charged for engaging in illegal gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, the superintendent of police (SP) Siddharth Kaushal reported that police\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-dismantled-52-illegal-cockfight-betting-rings\">dismantled 52 arenas readied for cockfights<\/a>\u00a0in various parts of the district. Police also seized 126 roosters, 1,306 rooster knives, 96 two-wheelers, two auto-rickshaws, three cars, 22 mobile phones, an electric motor and other equipment used to prepare the arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines\u2019<strong>&nbsp;cockfighting industry is believed to be worth just over US$1bn per year<\/strong>.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-e-sabong-operators-pay-pagcor-us19-9m-in-4-months\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PAGCOR<\/a>&nbsp;has collected PHP1bn (US$19.9m) in fees since licenced e-sabong (online cockfighting) operators started to operate in the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in the Philippines have arrested 11 people for alleged involvement in illegal cockfighting betting in Bantayan Island, northern Cebu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Philippine authorities have arrested 11 individuals for alleged involvement in illegal cockfighting betting in Cebu, with 16 others evading capture. This enforcement action follows earlier police efforts to dismantle 52 illegal cockfighting arenas, highlighting ongoing challenges in combating unregulated gambling activities. The news also references the Philippines' legal e-sabong industry, which generates significant revenue for PAGCOR.","focusai_entities":"PAGCOR, Siddharth Kaushal","focusai_location":"Philippines, Cebu, Bantayan Island","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on e-sabong revenue?","query":"What is the projected impact of intensified enforcement against illegal cockfighting on PAGCOR's e-sabong licensing fees and the overall NGR of the regulated online cockfighting vertical?"},{"label":"Regulatory framework effectiveness?","query":"How effective are current regulatory compliance and governance frameworks in the Philippines in mitigating the proliferation of illegal gambling operations, particularly given the reported US$1bn market size?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[24019,233,23935],"class_list":["post-26685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-e-sabong","tag-sports-betting","tag-sportsbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26685","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26685"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26695,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26685\/revisions\/26695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}