{"id":33986,"date":"2022-09-30T09:16:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T12:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=33986"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:23:15","slug":"philippines-8-arrested-for-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-8-arrested-for-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Philippines: 8 arrested for illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Those arrested were playing mahjong in Barangay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- Police in Barangay have arrested&nbsp;<strong>eight people<\/strong> who were allegedly playing and betting on mahjong. Authorities seized two mahjong mats, two sets of mahjong tiles and PHP356 in cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those arrested, aged between 37 to 71 years old, were detained at the Bago City Police Station and have been charged with violating Presidential Decree No. 1602.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago, police in Barangay arrested&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-4-arrested-for-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">four people for illegal gambling<\/a>. Those arrested were identified as Sheryl Joy Yudelmo, 36; Gemma Aquino, 57; Corazon Serbo, 47; and Kestine Pedrosa, 28. According to Panay News, they were caught playing mahjong on Saturday afternoon. Police confiscated a set of mahjong tiles and PHP540.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;<strong>Mimaropa<\/strong>,&nbsp;police have reported having made&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-1261-arrested-in-mimaropa-for-illegal-gambling-this-year\" target=\"_blank\">1,261 arrests for illegal gambling since January this year<\/a>. Chief brigadier general&nbsp;<strong>Sidney Hernia<\/strong>&nbsp;said that according to the records of the Regional Operations Department, police carried out 341 operations and seized PHP366,283.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those arrested included<strong>&nbsp;158 people who were arrested in a week-long anti-gambling operation&nbsp;<\/strong>between September 12 and 18. Five provincial police stations and one municipal police station conducted 41 operations, resulting in the forfeiture of PHP42,760 in betting funds. Those arrested are being held in police custody while criminal charges are prepared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those arrested were playing mahjong in Barangay.<\/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":"Philippine authorities have conducted multiple operations, arresting 12 people in Barangay and Bago City for illegal mahjong gambling, seizing cash and equipment. These localized enforcement actions contribute to a total of 1,261 arrests for illegal gambling in Mimaropa since January, highlighting ongoing efforts to combat unlicensed gaming activities.","focusai_entities":"Sheryl Joy Yudelmo, Gemma Aquino, Corazon Serbo, Kestine Pedrosa, Sidney Hernia, Bago City Police Station, Panay News, Regional Operations Department","focusai_location":"The Philippines, Barangay, Bago City, Mimaropa","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.7), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated GGR?","query":"What is the estimated economic impact of such persistent illegal gambling operations on the potential Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of a regulated iGaming market in the Philippines?"},{"label":"National Enforcement Strategy?","query":"How do these localized enforcement actions integrate into a broader national strategy for combating illegal gambling and fostering a compliant B2C licensing environment?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-33986","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\/33986","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=33986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34002,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33986\/revisions\/34002"}],"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=33986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}