{"id":32863,"date":"2022-08-23T03:34:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T06:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=32863"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:38:02","slug":"philippines-61-arrests-for-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-61-arrests-for-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Philippines: 61 arrests for illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The arrests were made in Central Luzon over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- Police in<strong> Central Luzon<\/strong> have carried out\u00a0a series of operations, resulting in the arrest of <strong>61 people<\/strong> suspected of involvement in illegal gambling. Police in Aurora arrested six people while they were playing a card game and four people were arrested in Angeles City for playing poker. Police seized money and gambling paraphernalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Bucalan,\u00a0eight people were arrested for playing card games and for illegal cockfighting. According to the Manila Bulletin, police seized a deck of cards, two fighting cocks and stakes of P1,540.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Pampanga police arrested 27 people in connection with illegal cockfighting. They found 12 live cocks, 4 dead cocks, 19 hooks and a stake of P33,730. Eleven people were arrested in Tarlac for illegal card games. Three decks of playing cards and a stake of P1,150 were confiscated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, Two poker players were arrested in Zambales. Police seized one set of playing cards and bet money amounting to P537.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-39-arrested-for-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">officers in Central Luzon<\/a>\u00a0made\u00a0<strong>12 arrests for alleged illegal poker<\/strong>\u00a0gaming during a raid in Barangay Saguin. Meanwhile,\u00a0<strong>five people were arrested<\/strong>\u00a0by Angeles City Police for allegedly playing illegal card games in Barangay Malabanias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-philippines-23-arrested-for-illegal-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police arrested 23 people<\/a>&nbsp;in a series of raids to crack down on illegal gambling in Central Luzon. In Bulacan province, five people were arrested after police found them allegedly playing \u201cPusoy\u201d. Another 10 people were arrested while allegedly playing poker and card games in Concepcion, San Miguel and Banban in Taras province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrests were made in Central Luzon over the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20663,"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 Philippine National Police in Central Luzon conducted multiple operations, apprehending 61 individuals for illegal gambling activities including card games, poker, and cockfighting across various provinces. These enforcement actions highlight ongoing efforts to combat unregulated gaming, which can impact the integrity and revenue potential of the licensed iGaming and land-based casino sectors.","focusai_entities":"Philippine National Police","focusai_location":"Philippines, Central Luzon, Aurora, Angeles City, Bucalan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Bulacan, Concepcion, San Miguel, Banban","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.75), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Licensed GGR?","query":"What is the estimated GGR leakage to illegal gambling operations in the Philippines, and how might these enforcement actions impact the revenue streams of licensed iGaming and land-based operators?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy?","query":"How do these arrests reflect on the efficacy of the current regulatory and governance frameworks in the Philippines for combating illegal gambling, and what further measures are anticipated to strengthen market control?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-32863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32863","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=32863"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32881,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32863\/revisions\/32881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}