potential loopholes<\/a>\u00a0in the order, he noted that casinos and integrated resorts run by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) are not allowed to offer offshore gaming and would not be able to do so after the ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThere is just no way because it\u2019s the nature of the operation that we are banning,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not because it\u2019s under PAGCOR or not. So long as it\u2019s an offshore gaming operator or has a similar licence, it\u2019s banned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senator Risa Hontiveros had argued that the order does not explicitly ban offshore gaming operator activities in areas outside the oversight of the PAGCOR. She raised concerns that offshore gaming operators could start to operate within venues such as the City of Dreams<\/strong> and Fontana Leisure Park<\/strong>, as well as in economic zones like the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (CEZA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sherwin Gatchalian said the PNP needed more funding to support intelligence gathering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16128,"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 advocates for increased Philippine National Police funding to enhance intelligence gathering against illegal offshore gaming operators, aligning with President Marcos Jr.'s directive to terminate all such operations by year-end. While President Marcos Jr. asserts Executive Order 74 is sufficient for the ban, Senator Risa Hontiveros raises concerns about potential loopholes allowing POGOs to operate in areas beyond PAGCOR's direct oversight, including economic zones and specific integrated resorts.","focusai_entities":"Sherwin Gatchalian, Philippine National Police (PNP), Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., Risa Hontiveros, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)","focusai_location":"The Philippines, City of Dreams, Fontana Leisure Park, Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (CEZA)","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Ban Enforcement?","query":"What specific metrics will the PNP use to demonstrate the effectiveness of increased intelligence funding in eradicating illegal offshore gaming operations, and what is the projected timeline for achieving full compliance with Executive Order 74?"},{"label":"EO 74 Loopholes?","query":"How will PAGCOR and other relevant government agencies address Senator Hontiveros's concerns regarding potential loopholes in Executive Order 74 that could allow offshore gaming operators to circumvent the ban by operating within economic zones or integrated resorts?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777020809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020809","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=777020809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777020838,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020809\/revisions\/777020838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777020809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777020809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777020809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}