{"id":777017803,"date":"2024-08-02T09:51:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T12:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017803"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:33:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:33:02","slug":"philippine-senator-downplays-revenue-impact-of-ban-on-offshore-gambling-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-senator-downplays-revenue-impact-of-ban-on-offshore-gambling-operators","title":{"rendered":"Philippine senator downplays revenue impact of ban on offshore gambling operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sherwin Gatchalian said offshore gaming operators had been lobbying to create an impression that they generate substantial revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- Senator <strong>Sherwin Gatchalian <\/strong>has denied that the government will suffer a significant economic impact by <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-president-orders-ban-on-offshore-gaming-operators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">banning offshore gaming operators<\/a>. He said: &#8220;POGOs have been lobbying to create an impression that they generate substantial revenues, but that is not the case.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) reported that offshore gaming operators remitted PHP10.32bn last year while the Philippine Gaming and Amusement Corporation (PAGCOR) made PHP5.17bn. Gatchalian expects offshore gaming operators to pay PHP16.08bn this year, while PAGCOR is expected to generate an income of PHP5.95bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, Surigao del Norte 2nd District representative&nbsp;<strong>Robert Ace Barbers<\/strong> urged citizens to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-representative-calls-for-public-to-report-offshore-gaming-workers\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assist authorities in locating foreign workers employed at offshore gambling operators<\/a>. The chair of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs encouraged the public to use social media or report directly to local government units, immigration, and law enforcement about underground offices and workers in their areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-government-urged-to-reveal-plans-to-relocate-offshore-gaming-workers\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philippine government urged to reveal plans to relocate offshore gaming workers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sherwin Gatchalian said offshore gaming operators had been lobbying to create an impression that they generate substantial revenues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":32939,"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 Sherwin Gatchalian refutes claims of significant economic repercussions from a potential ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), citing official revenue figures from BIR and PAGCOR that suggest a limited fiscal contribution. Concurrently, Representative Robert Ace Barbers has called for public assistance in identifying and reporting foreign POGO workers and clandestine operations, underscoring escalating regulatory scrutiny and enforcement efforts against the sector.","focusai_entities":"Sherwin Gatchalian, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Philippine Gaming and Amusement Corporation (PAGCOR), Robert Ace Barbers, House Committee on Dangerous Drugs","focusai_location":"Philippines, Surigao del Norte","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Revenue Impact?","query":"What specific methodologies are employed by the BIR and PAGCOR to calculate POGO revenue contributions, and how do these align with independent economic impact assessments?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Strategy?","query":"Beyond public appeals, what enhanced inter-agency enforcement strategies are being developed to address the proliferation of unlicensed or 'underground' offshore gaming operations and their associated labor issues?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,16333],"tags":[23911,20326],"class_list":["post-777017803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017803","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=777017803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017838,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017803\/revisions\/777017838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}