{"id":777004456,"date":"2023-04-19T14:02:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777004456"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:43:35","slug":"philippines-8-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-8-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Philippines: 8 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Those arrested were allegedly playing the coin game cara y cruz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- Police have arrested <strong>eight people in Makati <\/strong>for allegedly participating in illegal gambling and carrying a significant amount of methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu. The Southern Police District claim the suspects were playing the coin game cara y cruz in Barangay Guadalupe Viejo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those arrested are charged with gambling and the possession of illegal drugs. Authorities seized 15 sachets of suspected shabu, which had a total weight of 164.93 grams and a street value of PHP1,121,524. According to Phil Star, the suspects are currently in police custody and awaiting trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago, police <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-5-arrested-over-alleged-illegal-cockfighting\" target=\"_blank\">arrested five people<\/a>&nbsp;for alleged involvement in&nbsp;<strong>illegal cockfighting<\/strong>&nbsp;in Barangay West Habog-Habog, Molo district.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those arrested were allegedly playing the coin game cara y cruz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26852,"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 Makati arrested eight individuals for alleged involvement in illegal gambling (cara y cruz) and possession of methamphetamine, seizing over PHP1.1 million worth of illicit drugs. This incident follows a separate arrest for illegal cockfighting, highlighting ongoing enforcement efforts against unregulated gaming activities within the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Southern Police District, Phil Star","focusai_location":"Philippines, Makati, Barangay Guadalupe Viejo, Molo district, Barangay West Habog-Habog","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Illicit Market Impact","query":"What is the estimated GGR impact of unregulated gambling activities, such as those highlighted, on the legitimate gaming market in the Philippines, and how do these localized enforcement actions contribute to broader market integrity?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy","query":"How do current regulatory and law enforcement frameworks in the Philippines address the proliferation of illegal gambling operations, and what are the key performance indicators for assessing the efficacy of such interventions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-777004456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004456","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=777004456"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004477,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004456\/revisions\/777004477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777004456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}