{"id":777004633,"date":"2023-04-25T13:16:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777004633"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:33:45","slug":"philippines-119-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-119-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Philippines: 119 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Central Luzon seized bet money, fighting cocks and a pool table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- Police have arrested 119 people for alleged involvement in illegal gambling activities in Central Luzon.&nbsp;Officers said that the arrests were made over the weekend, with 72 people detained for allegedly playing<strong> card and tile games<\/strong> and <strong>33 for illegal cockfighting <\/strong>and e-sabong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A further nine suspects were apprehended for allegedly playing the coin game cara y cruz and poker pool. Police also found a fruit machine. Officers seized more than P67,000 in cash along with playing cards, fighting cocks and a pool table. The suspects face charges for violating Presidential Decree 1602.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in the Philippines, police&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-8-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">arrested eight people in Makati<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>last week for allegedly participating in illegal gambling and carrying a significant amount of methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu. The Southern Police District claimed the suspects were playing cara y cruz in Barangay Guadalupe Viejo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Central Luzon seized bet money, fighting cocks and a pool table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17179,"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 Central Luzon and Makati have arrested 119 individuals for alleged involvement in illegal gambling activities, including card games, cockfighting, e-sabong, and poker pool. Police seized over P67,000 in cash, along with gambling paraphernalia, underscoring ongoing enforcement efforts against unregulated gaming operations. Some arrests in Makati also involved drug possession.","focusai_entities":"Police, Southern Police District","focusai_location":"Philippines, Central Luzon, Makati, Barangay Guadalupe Viejo","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.88)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated Market","query":"What are the estimated GGR losses to the regulated iGaming sector due to the prevalence of such illegal gambling operations in the Philippines, and how do these enforcement actions mitigate that impact?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy","query":"How do these enforcement actions align with the broader regulatory strategy to transition gambling activities into licensed and compliant frameworks, and what further measures are planned?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777004633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004633","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=777004633"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004647,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004633\/revisions\/777004647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777004633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}