{"id":40822,"date":"2016-10-11T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T00:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=40822"},"modified":"2016-10-12T15:20:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T22:20:02","slug":"duterte-philippine-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/duterte-philippine-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte Changes Tune on Philippine Gambling Caf\u00e9s\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philippine president Rodrigo Dutere\u2019s war on online gambling appears to be at an end.<\/p>\n

Having systematically dismantled the country\u2019s gambling giant, Philweb, the government is now considering permitting the existence of the online gambling caf\u00e9s, which were once Philweb\u2019s specialty, although rules will be more strictly enforced by the new government.<\/p>\n

Up until a few months ago, Philweb operated 299 such caf\u00e9s throughout the Philippines, which housed collectively around 8,000 video terminals, offering games like online video poker and slots.<\/p>\n

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Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte appears to have softened his stance on online gambling. “Pay the correct taxes… Gamble until you die. I do not really care,” he recently announced magnanimously. (Image: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But Duterte swept to power in June on a manifesto of zero tolerance to crime and drugs. And by zero, he meant zero.<\/p>\n

Death squads sanctioned by the president have murdered thousands of criminals and drug addicts in the four months since his election.<\/p>\n

Nor did Duterte<\/a> show any mercy to the country\u2019s online gambling industry, and Philweb specifically, of whose billionaire owner, Robert Ongpin, he seemed to harbor a particular dislike.<\/p>\n

Stringent Measures<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Ongpin was representative the \u201coligarchs,\u201d said Duterte, which were \u201cembedded in government.\u201d Online gambling \u201chad to stop\u201d he added because too many Filipinos were choosing to gamble instead of working for a living.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Philweb\u2019s license was revoked, and its gambling establishments shuttered. This was despite a last-minute plea by Ongpin, who offered to donate almost all of his stake in the company to state operator-regulator PAGCOR<\/a>, in an attempt to save the business and its 6,000 employees.<\/p>\n

But now the object of Duterte\u2019s animus, Philweb, lies in ruins, the president appears to have had <\/span>a change of heart. PAGCOR assistant VP of community relations, Arnell Ignacio, said the online gambling caf\u00e9 industry would be opened up \u201cbut only under very stringent measures.\u201d<\/p>\n

No Caf\u00e9s Near Churches or Schools<\/b><\/h2>\n

These include regulations on the locations of the cafes, which will be prohibited from existing within 200 meters (220 yards) of a church or a school, by order of Duterte.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Incidentally, Ignacio is a \u201cTV host and comedian,\u201d somewhat bizarrely appointed to the post by Duterte in July.<\/p>\n

Last month, PAGCOR announced that was prepared to license online gambling firms that targeted \u201cnon-locals\u201d and that it was in the process of \u201creadying application forms.\u201d On Monday it announced that 76 companies had applied for licenses.<\/p>\n

PAGCOR said it expected to give initial approval to the first 25 online licenses, which would be valid for one year, before the end of October.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philippine president Rodrigo Dutere\u2019s war on online gambling appears to be at an end. Having systematically dismantled the country\u2019s gambling giant, Philweb, the government is now considering permitting the existence of the online gambling caf\u00e9s, which were once Philweb\u2019s specialty, although rules will be more strictly enforced by the new government. 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