{"id":308,"date":"2019-09-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/philippines-rejects-chinas-call-to-ban-online-gambling\/"},"modified":"2019-09-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T00:00:00","slug":"philippines-rejects-chinas-call-to-ban-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/philippines-rejects-chinas-call-to-ban-online-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"PHILIPPINES REJECTS CHINA\u2019S CALL TO BAN ONLINE GAMBLING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected China\u2019s calls to ban online gambling operations.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Philippines in a televised press conference on Wednesday, Duterte revealed that he had opted not to vow to pressure from Beijing following a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last Friday, stating the financial impact on the nation would be too great.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe decide to benefit the interest of my country. I decide that we need it,\u201d Duterte said, adding that banning the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) scheme would cost too many jobs.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s issue with the POGO industry emerged in early August when the\u00a0Chinese Embassy in the Philippines released a statement expressing its concerns\u00a0over the proposed transfer of Chinese workers employed by POGOs to self-contained hubs and warning against the illegal inducement of Chinese citizens to gamble either online or in Philippines land-based casinos.<\/p>\n<p>Gaming regulator\u00a0PAGCOR responded by placing a moratorium on the issuance of new gaming licenses\u00a0while it addressed such concerns, however\u00a0Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang then upped the ante, stating, \u201cWe hope the Philippines will go further and ban all online gambling\u201d and describing online gambling as \u201cthe most dangerous tumor in modern society detested by people all across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite those comments and the issue being briefly discussed during last week\u2019s meeting with President Xi, Duterte has confirmed the nation\u2019s POGO industry will continue.<\/p>\n<p>PAGCOR has stated it expects to receive around Php8 billion in revenue from POGO operators in 2019, up from Php7.37 billion last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"author__bio\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"comment\">Comment<\/label><br \/>\n<textarea aria-required=\"true\" cols=\"45\" id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" placeholder=\"Message\" rows=\"8\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"author\">Name<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"author\" name=\"author\" placeholder=\"Name...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"name\">Email<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"url\">Url<\/label><input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" placeholder=\"Website...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-cookies-consent\"><input id=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" name=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"yes\"\/><label for=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\">Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.<\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit\"><input class=\"submit\" id=\"comment-submit\" name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\"\/> <input id=\"comment_post_ID\" name=\"comment_post_ID\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"6717\"\/> <input id=\"comment_parent\" name=\"comment_parent\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected China\u2019s calls to ban online gambling operations. 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