{"id":777014866,"date":"2024-04-19T08:22:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T11:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014866"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:01:28","slug":"china-backs-philippine-efforts-to-address-issues-with-online-gambling-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-backs-philippine-efforts-to-address-issues-with-online-gambling-operators","title":{"rendered":"China backs Philippine efforts to address issues with online gambling operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Chinese Embassy in Manila has voiced support for the country&#8217;s crackdown on illegal offshore gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The Chinese Embassy in Manila issued a statement\u00a0on Thursday (April 18) expressing its support for the Philippines&#8217; efforts to address issues related to offshore gambling operators, now known as International Gaming Licensees (IGL).\u00a0The embassy said it communicates with Philippine law enforcement agencies on offences related to gambling operators and supports the\u00a0country\u00a0in addressing the root causes of problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It emphasised that gambling is illegal in China and that it does not condone Chinese nationals engaging in such business abroad. It said the Chinese Embassy believes gambling to be a social menace, and that Chinese people are victims of offshore gambling.\u00a0It added that the Chinese government consistently reminds its nationals overseas to abide by local laws and regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This statement comes after the arrests of several Chinese nationals for possession of high-powered firearms and attempted bribery. On Thursday, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported that 76 Chinese nationals were among the 401 foreigners had been barred from entering the country due to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-deports-alleged-illegal-online-gaming-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">various immigration violations<\/a>\u00a0from March to early April. Vietnamese nationals topped the list at 254, according to BI commissioner Norman Tansingco.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February, the House of Representatives Committee on Games and Amusements approved two measures, House Bill 5082 and Resolution 1197, which seek to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-house-panel-approves-pogos-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ban offshore gambling operators<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Embassy in Manila has voiced support for the country&#8217;s crackdown on illegal offshore gaming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777013862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Chinese Embassy in Manila has publicly endorsed the Philippines' intensified crackdown on illegal offshore gaming operators, now termed International Gaming Licensees (IGL). This support stems from China's stance that gambling is illegal and a social menace, with Chinese nationals involved in such operations abroad being viewed as victims. The development follows arrests of Chinese nationals for various offenses and legislative efforts in the Philippines to ban offshore gambling.","focusai_entities":"Chinese Embassy in Manila, Bureau of Immigration (BI), Norman Tansingco, House of Representatives Committee on Games and Amusements","focusai_location":"Manila, Philippines, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Economic Impact of Ban","query":"What is the projected GGR and NGR loss for the Philippine economy if all IGL operations are effectively banned, and how will this impact the national budget and real estate sector?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"How will the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) adapt its regulatory and licensing frameworks in response to the proposed IGL ban and increased bilateral pressure from China?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777014866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014866","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=777014866"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014886,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014866\/revisions\/777014886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777013862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}