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NBA officials brief Congress committee over gambling probe

WASHINGTON—NBA officials met with a United States congressional committee on Wednesday regarding a gambling and sports betting investigation that included arrests for Miami’s Terry...

Casinos in cahoots? Tulfo slams gaming clubs for letting gov’t execs gamble

Senator Erwin Tulfo on Sunday raised concerns that casinos may have knowingly allowed officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in...

DigiPlus in talks to acquire casino amid online gaming concerns—source

DigiPlus Interactive Corp. (PLUS), a leading online gaming firm, is in talks to acquire a physical casino as part of a strategic plan to...

PAGCOR opposes online gaming ban

The head of the state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) called for stricter regulations on online gaming, arguing that an outright ban would...

PAGCOR defends online gaming as key revenue source

State-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) defended online gaming as a major source of government revenue, even as it warned against unregulated sites...

PAGCOR: Hacked database not a list of addicted gamblers

State-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) said Tuesday that a recently hacked database, identified on social media as a list of gambling addicts,...

Iligan City government bans its employees from all gambling

The Iligan City government has officially prohibited city government employees from engaging in all forms of gambling, including those via online platforms. In an Executive...

DOJ moves to admit alias ‘Totoy’ as state witness

Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said government prosecutors will move to discharge Julie Patidongan, the whistleblower in the missing sabungeros case,...

E-sabong enthusiasts in debt, some placed in rehab—report

Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) technical divers have spent more than a month searching the bottom of Taal Lake for the bodies of men with...

Online cockfighting thrives in Philippines despite ban and murders

Manila, Philippines—Divers have spent more than a month searching a lake south of Manila for the bodies of men with links to the Philippines' bloody...

BSP tells banks, e-wallets to remove in-app gambling access links

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday issued a directive to all electronic wallets, banks and other supervised institutions to remove in-app gambling...

Bloomberry incurred P1.4-billion loss in second quarter of 2025

Bloomberry Resorts Corp. said Wednesday it incurred a consolidated net loss of P1.4 billion in the second quarter of 2025, a sharp reversal from...

PBBM cautions vs. e-gambling ban, seeks policy to curb addiction

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. cautioned against banning online gambling, saying it would only stoke illegal operations that would be harder to arrest, as the...

BSP eyes tougher safeguards to protect banks from gaming harm

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Thursday it is finalizing new rules to strengthen safeguards against gambling-related harm for financial service providers like...
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