{"id":34022,"date":"2022-10-03T09:04:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34022"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:20:54","slug":"the-philippines-8-arrested-over-illegal-online-cockfighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-philippines-8-arrested-over-illegal-online-cockfighting","title":{"rendered":"The Philippines: 8 arrested over illegal online cockfighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Tondo, Manila, have arrested eight people for alleged involvement in e-sabong operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- On Saturday night (October 1), eight people were arrested over alleged online cockfighting (e-sabong) in Tondo, Manila. According to the Manila Police District, those arrested were engaging in e-sabong operations at the Asuncion public market. Police seized a computer and PHP1,930.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the\u00a0<strong>suspension of online cockfighting operations<\/strong>\u00a0in May. In March,\u00a0<strong>23 senators<\/strong>\u00a0had signed\u00a0<strong>Resolution No. 996\u00a0<\/strong>calling for a suspension after\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-calls-for-e-sabong-to-be-suspended-after-31-disappear\" target=\"_blank\">31 people disappeared<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September, financial institutions reported that the Philippines has lost an estimated PHP5bn of potential revenue for the year\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/e-sabong-shutdown-has-affected-philippine-financial-institutions\" target=\"_blank\">due to the banning of e-sabong operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Roland Avante<\/strong>, president of the Philippine Business Bank, told the Manila Bulletin that the shutdown of a $1bn industry has affected the financial institution. Avante argued that&nbsp;<strong>the e-sabong industry should be given a second chance<\/strong>&nbsp;and that the issues surrounding operators need to be discussed in a broader context due to the wider ecosystem of banks, operators, and bettors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Tondo, Manila, have arrested eight people for alleged involvement in e-sabong operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26603,"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 in Tondo, Manila, have arrested eight individuals for illegal e-sabong operations, following President Duterte's May ban on the vertical. This enforcement action underscores the ongoing regulatory crackdown on online cockfighting, which was suspended due to public safety concerns and has since resulted in an estimated PHP5bn revenue loss for the nation and significant impact on financial institutions previously supporting the $1bn industry.","focusai_entities":"Manila Police District, Rodrigo Duterte, Roland Avante, Philippine Business Bank","focusai_location":"Tondo, Manila, Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"E-sabong Re-regulation Prospects?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and regulatory compliance measures are being considered to potentially re-regulate the e-sabong vertical in the Philippines, addressing both public safety and economic concerns?"},{"label":"Financial Sector Exposure Mitigation?","query":"How are financial institutions, particularly those previously exposed to the e-sabong ecosystem, mitigating their risk and ensuring AML compliance in the wake of the ban on unregulated gaming operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[24019,23911],"class_list":["post-34022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-e-sabong","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34022","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=34022"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34040,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34022\/revisions\/34040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}