{"id":29593,"date":"2022-05-05T08:42:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=29593"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:59:17","slug":"pagcor-to-implement-ban-on-e-sabong-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-to-implement-ban-on-e-sabong-operations","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR to implement ban on e-sabong operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PAGCOR chairman Andrea Domingo said the regulator will abide by president Duterte&#8217;s order to ban e-sabong despite the impact on revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines.- PAGCOR chairman Andrea Domingo has confirmed that PAGCOR will implement the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-president-changes-his-mind-and-orders-e-sabong-ban\" target=\"_blank\">ban on online cockfighting operations<\/a> ordered by the Philippines&#8217; president Rodrigo Duterte. Domingo said PAGOR did not intend to appeal the decision to ban e-sabong despite the impact it will have on revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Domingo\u00a0<\/strong>had previously said the regulator could raise about Php7.2bn to Php8bn if e-sabong continued to operate until the end of 2022. However, Duterte finally bowed to pressure to order a ban this week despite having previously <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-president-e-sabong-will-continue\" target=\"_blank\">defended e-sabong<\/a>\u00a0arguing that it was necessary for the economy because of a lack of funds as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Domingo\u00a0has previously suggested that there should be a separate regulator for e-sabong in the Philippines. PAGCOR currently regulates online cockfighting while local governments oversee live events, but Domingo says an independent regulator is required due to the controversy involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said that\u00a0<strong>if e-Sabong were removed from PAGCOR\u2019s remit<\/strong>, the regulator would have more time to focus on overseeing current products and participating in anti-money laundering committees. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAGCOR chairman Andrea Domingo said the regulator will abide by president Duterte&#8217;s order to ban e-sabong despite the impact on revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"PAGCOR Chairman Andrea Domingo confirmed the implementation of President Duterte's ban on e-sabong, despite an estimated Php7.2bn to Php8bn revenue loss for the regulator. The decision reverses Duterte's previous stance, influenced by public pressure, and highlights Domingo's prior suggestion for a separate e-sabong regulator to allow PAGCOR to focus on other gaming verticals and AML initiatives.","focusai_entities":"PAGCOR, Andrea Domingo, Rodrigo Duterte","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR revenue impact?","query":"What is the projected long-term financial impact on PAGCOR's GGR and NGR from the e-sabong ban, and how will this affect its contributions to national coffers?"},{"label":"Regulatory framework implications?","query":"How will the e-sabong ban influence the broader regulatory compliance and governance frameworks for other online gaming verticals in the Philippines, particularly regarding the potential for independent regulatory bodies?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,158,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-29593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29593","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=29593"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29608,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29593\/revisions\/29608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}