{"id":33340,"date":"2022-09-08T04:32:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T07:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=33340"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:05:08","slug":"philippines-1162-arrested-for-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-1162-arrested-for-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Philippines: 1,162 arrested for illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrests were made in a series of raids targeting illegal gambling in Calabarzon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines.- Police have carried out<strong> 496 of raids<\/strong>\u00a0in the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon, <strong>arresting 1,162 people <\/strong>allegedly involved in illegal cockfighting, card games, video karaoke, board games and Mahjong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the inquirer, police also arrested gamblers suspected of illegally operating a small town lottery (STL) dubbed &#8220;The Bookmaker&#8221;. During the raid, police seized various denominations of STL wagering forms, paraphernalia, calculators and wagers. They seized PHP290,873 from alleged operators, financiers and gamblers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few days ago, police in the Province of\u00a0<strong>Zamboanga del Sur\u00a0<\/strong>made\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-two-arrested-during-anti-gambling-raids-in-zamboanga\" target=\"_blank\">two arrests<\/a>\u00a0in operation\u00a0<strong>Oplan Bolilyo<\/strong>\u00a0targeting gambling activities. According to Sun Star, one of the suspects,<strong>\u00a0Diosdado Antawag<\/strong>, was caught cashing in illegal money. Police seized a cell phone, betting money in cash of different denominations and gambling paraphernalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Marymie Bacquial was allegedly caught collecting bets for an illegal numbers game. Police seized gambling money and gambling paraphernalia. The two men were reportedly taken to the Provincial Field Office of CIDG-Zamboanga del Sur for documentation and corresponding actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrests were made in a series of raids targeting illegal gambling in Calabarzon.<\/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":"Philippine authorities conducted extensive raids across Calabarzon and Zamboanga del Sur, resulting in 1,164 arrests and the seizure of nearly PHP300,000 from illegal gambling operations including cockfighting, card games, and unlicensed small town lottery schemes. These enforcement actions underscore the ongoing challenges in combating illicit gaming activities and protecting the integrity of the regulated market.","focusai_entities":"Diosdado Antawag, Marymie Bacquial, CIDG-Zamboanga del Sur, The Bookmaker","focusai_location":"Philippines, Calabarzon, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, Zamboanga del Sur","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Leakage Impact","query":"What is the estimated annual Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) leakage attributed to these types of illegal operations in the Philippines, and how does this impact the total addressable market (TAM) for licensed operators?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy","query":"How do these large-scale enforcement actions against illegal gambling inform potential adjustments to the existing regulatory compliance and governance frameworks for the legitimate iGaming and land-based sectors in the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-33340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33340","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=33340"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33356,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33340\/revisions\/33356"}],"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=33340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}