{"id":777015931,"date":"2024-05-29T09:33:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T12:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015931"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:44:21","slug":"manila-congressmen-push-for-ban-on-offshore-gambling-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/manila-congressmen-push-for-ban-on-offshore-gambling-operators","title":{"rendered":"Manila congressmen push for ban on offshore gambling operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ernix Dionisio and Irwin Tieng are calling for the ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- Manila congressmen <strong>Ernix Dionisio<\/strong> and<strong> Irwin Tieng <\/strong>have called for a ban on offshore gambling and other non-legal gambling. At the &#8220;MACHRA Balitaan&#8221; event hosted by the Manila City Hall Reporters&#8217; Association (MACHRA), the congressmen said <strong>gambling should be restricted to licensed casinos<\/strong>, arguing that online gambling targets vulnerable demographics such as the youth and financially disadvantaged people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tieng criticised telecommunications companies for promoting gambling through unsolicited text messages, urging them to clarify their involvement. He also expressed concerns about the accessibility of online gambling platforms to minors and called for stricter regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday (May 28),<strong> senator Win Gatchalian<\/strong> introduced\u00a0<strong>Senate Bill 2689<\/strong>, seeking to <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-senator-files-bill-to-ban-offshore-gaming-companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prohibit the operations of offshore gaming companies<\/a>. Gatchalian, who chairs the\u00a0Senate Committee on Ways and Means,\u00a0said: \u201cThe main goal is ultimately to outlaw and prohibit offshore gaming operations in the country.\u201d He said that despite the revenue and jobs generated by the industry, a rise in criminal activities has raised significant concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ernix Dionisio and Irwin Tieng are calling for the ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10356,"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 congressmen Ernix Dionisio and Irwin Tieng, alongside Senator Win Gatchalian, are advocating for a nationwide ban on offshore gambling operations, citing concerns over criminal activities, the targeting of vulnerable demographics, and accessibility to minors. This legislative initiative, including Senate Bill 2689, aims to restrict all gambling to licensed land-based casinos, despite the industry's contributions to revenue and employment.","focusai_entities":"Ernix Dionisio, Irwin Tieng, Win Gatchalian, Manila City Hall Reporters\u2019 Association, Senate Committee on Ways and Means","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Economic Impact of Ban?","query":"What is the projected economic impact of a POGO ban on the Philippine economy, considering potential job losses and foregone tax revenues?"},{"label":"B2B Supplier Impact?","query":"How will the proposed ban on offshore gambling affect the B2B supplier ecosystem currently serving these operators in the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777015931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015931","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=777015931"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015940,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015931\/revisions\/777015940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}