23 Senators are calling for PAGCOR to suspend e-sabong operations amid the disappearance of 31 people linked to the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.-\u00a0The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR)\u00a0<\/strong>is considering suspending online cockfighting amid claims that 31 people related to the industry disappeared between April 2021 and January 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some 23 senators<\/strong> have signed Resolution No. 996\u00a0<\/strong>urging the regulator to immediately stop all related activities until the cases are resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The\u00a0Philippine News Agency<\/strong>, Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs chair Senator Ronald dela Rosa told PAGCOR\u00a0chairman Andrea Domingo<\/strong>: “You have the responsibility. You regulate e-sabong and we have a problem with e-sabong so we are expecting that you do your job.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Domingo answered: “Although we do respect the resolution from the senators for us to suspend immediately e-sabong operations, we have to look into the repercussions. In the final analysis, it would be PAGCOR that would be responsible for the final decision.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The resolution mentiones operators Belvedere Vista Corporation, Lucky 8 Star Quest Inc., Visayas Cockers Club, Inc., Jade Entertainment and Gaming Technologies, Inc., Newin Cockers Alliance Gaming Corporation, Philippine Cockfighting International Inc., and Golden Buzzer, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A bill to tax online betting on sabong events<\/a>\u00a0held in legal cockpits was approved in November 2020. In May 2021,\u00a0PAGCOR issued the first licences<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Online betting on cockfights\u00a0<\/strong>rocketed in the Philippines since\u00a0cockpits were closed to spectators\u00a0<\/strong>at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Philippines\u2019\u00a0cockfighting industry is believed to be worth over US$1bn per year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 23 Senators are calling for PAGCOR to suspend e-sabong operations amid the disappearance of 31 people linked to the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26756,"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 Senators are urging PAGCOR to suspend e-sabong operations following the disappearance of 31 individuals linked to the industry. PAGCOR is evaluating the resolution, weighing the regulatory responsibility against potential market repercussions for the US$1bn annual industry. This situation highlights significant governance and social responsibility challenges within the iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR), Belvedere Vista Corporation, Lucky 8 Star Quest Inc., Visayas Cockers Club, Inc., Jade Entertainment and Gaming Technologies, Inc., Newin Cockers Alliance Gaming Corporation, Philippine Cockfighting International Inc., Golden Buzzer, Inc., Ronald dela Rosa, Andrea Domingo, The Philippine News Agency","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR's Repercussions Analysis?","query":"What specific economic and social repercussions is PAGCOR evaluating in its decision-making process regarding the e-sabong suspension, beyond the immediate revenue impact?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Gaps?","query":"What potential gaps in the current B2C licensing and regulatory compliance framework for e-sabong might have contributed to the alleged disappearances and the current governance crisis?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[24019,23911],"class_list":["post-27818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-e-sabong","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818","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=27818"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27827,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818\/revisions\/27827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}