Despite increased police operations following a ban on e-sabong, illegal cockfighting continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.- Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo<\/strong> has expressed concern about the negative impact of cockfighting on poor young people in Kidapawan City, Mindanao. He said cockfighting was becoming increasingly popular as a form of gambling and that it continued widely despite the Kidapawan city government declaring a war on illegal gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an interview with Catholic Church-run Radyo Veritas, Bagoforo said: “Stories of people who won are splashed all over the internet as if gambling was the answer to their problem. Little do they know, their problem is just beginning.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last month,\u00a0Jose Paolo Evangelista<\/strong>, the mayor of Kidapawan, ordered police to step up their crackdown on cockfights<\/strong> while banning any venue from hosting such events and banning all government employees from participating in any form of gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The problem exists not only in Kidapawan, however. In June,\u00a075 people were arrested in Mexico, Pampanga<\/a>\u00a0after officers dismantled an illegal cockfighting hub. In April, some\u00a0300 people<\/strong>\u00a0were also arrested after a raid on a\u00a0cockfighting pit in the town of Balingasag<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to officials, the managers of the cockfighting pit had been previously warned <\/strong>to abide by National Inter-Agency Task Force Res. 154, paragraph 1, which states that betting must be non-cash and use a basic technology platform, with no physical exchange of cash and no verbal wagering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite increased police operations following a ban on e-sabong, illegal cockfighting continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippines continues to grapple with widespread illegal cockfighting, including \"e-sabong,\" despite intensified police operations and local government bans. Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo and Kidapawan City Mayor Jose Paolo Evangelista have highlighted the negative social impact on vulnerable populations and the persistent non-compliance with regulations mandating non-cash, technology-based betting. This ongoing challenge underscores the difficulties in enforcing gambling prohibitions and managing the societal externalities of unregulated gaming verticals.","focusai_entities":"Jose Colin Bagaforo, Jose Paolo Evangelista, Radyo Veritas, National Inter-Agency Task Force","focusai_location":"Philippines, Kidapawan City, Mindanao, Mexico, Pampanga, Balingasag","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.75), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"E-Sabong Enforcement Efficacy","query":"What specific enhancements to regulatory enforcement and inter-agency coordination are being considered to effectively curb illegal e-sabong operations and ensure compliance with non-cash betting mandates?"},{"label":"Impact on Regulated Market","query":"How do persistent challenges with illegal gambling enforcement in the Philippines influence the perceived market integrity and investment attractiveness for regulated iGaming and land-based casino operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[23911,23907],"class_list":["post-32408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32408","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=32408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32423,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32408\/revisions\/32423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}