{"id":777012709,"date":"2024-01-29T10:12:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T13:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777012709"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:33:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:33:54","slug":"senator-calls-for-enactment-of-anti-online-gambling-legislation-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/senator-calls-for-enactment-of-anti-online-gambling-legislation-in-the-philippines","title":{"rendered":"Senator calls for enactment of anti-online gambling legislation in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senator Alan Peter Cayetano cited reports of ongoing e-sabong operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines.- Senator\u00a0<strong>Alan Peter Cayetano<\/strong>\u00a0is calling for the enactment of<strong>\u00a0the Anti-Online Gambling Act<\/strong> due to reports of online cockfighting (e-sabong) operations continuing despite their suspension by former president <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/duterte-apologises-for-taking-his-time-to-suspend-e-sabong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rodrigo Duterte<\/a>\u00a0in May 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Bill 63, also known as the Anti-Online Gambling Act, was introduced by Cayetano in 2022 after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-calls-for-e-sabong-to-be-suspended-after-31-disappear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">31 people related to the industry disappeared<\/a>. However, despite subsequent directives from current president Ferdinand Marcos in December 2022, reports indicate that illegal operations persist.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippine National Police has taken action,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-1245-arrested-over-illegal-online-cockfighting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arresting people involved in e-sabong<\/a>. Cayetano&#8217;s proposed bill seeks stringent penalties for violators, including <strong>imprisonment, fines, dismissal of public employees from service<\/strong>, perpetual disqualification from holding public office and restrictions on voting or participating in elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Alan Peter Cayetano cited reports of ongoing e-sabong operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777013070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is advocating for the enactment of the Anti-Online Gambling Act in the Philippines to combat persistent illegal e-sabong operations, which continue despite presidential directives for suspension. The proposed legislation, Senate Bill 63, seeks to impose stringent penalties, including imprisonment and disqualification from public office, for violators. This initiative underscores ongoing challenges in regulatory enforcement and governance within the nation's gaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Alan Peter Cayetano, Rodrigo Duterte, Ferdinand Marcos, Philippine National Police","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Licensed Operators?","query":"How might the proposed Anti-Online Gambling Act and its enforcement impact the operational frameworks and market dynamics for currently licensed iGaming operators in the Philippines?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"What specific enforcement mechanisms and resource allocations are proposed to ensure the efficacy of the Anti-Online Gambling Act in eradicating persistent illegal e-sabong operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,158,16333],"tags":[24019,23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777012709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-e-sabong","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012709","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=777012709"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012736,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012709\/revisions\/777012736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777013070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777012709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}