{"id":777040082,"date":"2026-04-06T08:43:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777040082"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:50:16","slug":"the-philippines-says-no-online-gambling-operations-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-philippines-says-no-online-gambling-operations-left","title":{"rendered":"The Philippines says no illegal online offshore gaming operations left"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Department of Justice has declared full implementation of the 2025 ban on online gambling operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The government has officially declared that all illegal offshore gaming operations in the Philippines have been dismantled. Justice Secretary Fredderick Vida said an enforcement campaign had cleared remaining hubs within a month of the government\u2019s deadline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are no official POGOs left. Definitely, there are no illegal POGOs either,” Vida stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Republic Act 12312, also known as the Anti-POGO Act of 2025, institutionalised the ban imposed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.<\/a> The law created an oversight committee to seize assets and punish officials who aid online gaming operators. The DOJ says it maintains monitoring to prevent any remnants resurfacing as scam hubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, when industry contributed over PHP104bn (US$1.7bn) to the economy and fuelled a real estate boom. However, concerns emerged over human trafficking, kidnapping, and money laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> PhilWeb secures PAGCOR accreditation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of Justice has declared full implementation of the 2025 ban on online gambling operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":0,"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 Department of Justice has declared the full implementation of the 2025 ban on online gambling operators, confirming the dismantling of all illegal offshore gaming operations. This follows the institutionalization of the ban by the Anti-POGO Act of 2025, addressing concerns like human trafficking and money laundering despite the industry's previous significant economic contribution.","focusai_entities":"Department of Justice, Fredderick Vida, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Economic Impact Reassessment","query":"What is the projected long-term economic impact on the Philippines' GDP and real estate sector following the complete cessation of POGO operations, considering the PHP104bn contribution in 2019?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy","query":"How will the oversight committee ensure sustained enforcement against the resurfacing of illegal online gaming or scam hubs, and what specific governance frameworks are being deployed for continuous monitoring?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[24628,156,158,16333],"tags":[24964,1205,24804],"class_list":["post-777040082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-anti-pogo-act","tag-pogo","tag-the-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040082","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777040082"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040128,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040082\/revisions\/777040128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777040082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777040082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777040082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}