{"id":777021608,"date":"2024-12-18T09:24:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T12:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777021608"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:10:27","slug":"34-deported-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/34-deported-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-in-the-philippines","title":{"rendered":"34 deported for alleged illegal gambling in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Those deported were arrested in raids on alleged illegal offshore gaming operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has reported that 34 Chinese nationals<\/strong> have been blacklisted and deported to China. They were arrested in a series of raids on alleged illegal offshore gaming operators Royal Corporation Xisheng IT, Lucky South 99 Outsourcing, and Royal Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BI coordinated the raids with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC). According to The Manila Standard, the deportees were undocumented and working without the necessary permits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, 187 Chinese nationals\u00a0<\/strong>were deported following arrests\u00a0during raids on alleged illegal offshore gaming operators in Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu, Bamban and Porac towns in Tarlac, and Metro Manila. The deportation was coordinated with the Chinese Embassy in Manila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President\u00a0Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.<\/strong> has warned that anyone who tries to ignore the incoming\u00a0ban on offshore gaming<\/a>\u00a0will be prosecuted. Writing on social media after a meeting with a task force charged with shutting offshore gaming operators, he said: “All the licenses of offshore gaming and IGL operators nationwide have been cancelled. They will never be allowed to ravage our country again. Anyone who will conduct illegal operations will face the full force of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> Philippines confirms closure of largest offshore gaming operator hub<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Those deported were arrested in raids on alleged illegal offshore gaming operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17179,"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 Philippine government has intensified its crackdown on illegal offshore gaming operators, leading to the deportation of 34 Chinese nationals and a presidential directive to ban all such operations. President Marcos Jr. warned of prosecution for any entity attempting to circumvent the impending ban, signaling a definitive shift in the nation's iGaming regulatory stance.","focusai_entities":"Bureau of Immigration (BI), Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), Royal Corporation Xisheng IT, Lucky South 99 Outsourcing, Royal Park, Chinese Embassy, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.","focusai_location":"Philippines, China, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Bamban, Tarlac, Porac, Metro Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact Assessment","query":"What are the projected economic and employment impacts of the complete POGO ban on the Philippine economy, and how will the government mitigate these?"},{"label":"Future Market Strategy","query":"How will this definitive regulatory stance by the Philippines influence other Southeast Asian jurisdictions considering their own iGaming frameworks and enforcement?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777021608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021608","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=777021608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777021615,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021608\/revisions\/777021615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777021608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777021608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777021608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}