PAGCOR chair supports having a separate regulatory body for e-sabong

Lady Vicencio, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - The head of the Philippines&#x27; gaming regulator said on Wednesday she supports having a separate agency regulating online cockfighting or e-sabong.</p><p>Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation Chairperson Andrea Domingo said this would free PAGCOR to focus on other gaming operations. </p><p>“Kung may isa lang na maghahandle niyan, mawawala na sa PAGCOR (If there&#x27;s another agency to handle that) we can concentrate on our present offerings on what we should regulate at mas magiging effective yung aming responsible gaming policies,” said Domingo.</p><p>(Our gaming policies will be more responsible and effective)</p><p>Based on the recent data from PAGCOR, 8 to 10 percent of the regulator&#x27;s income comes from e-sabong. The industry has also generated about P1 billion from January to April 25, 2022, PAGCOR said.</p><p>However, e-sabong has been plagued with controversies including alleged abduction cases, as well as gambling addiction.</p><p>Even President Rodrigo Duterte earlier <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/07/22/duterte-threatens-to-stop-e-sabong-operations">threatened</a> to retract e-sabong franchises if the industry was proven to be involved in illegal activities.</p><p>Some <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/18/22/senators-question-e-sabong-operations-on-good-friday">lawmakers</a> also questioned why e-sabong operations were allowed to continue during the Holy Week. Domingo however said PAGCOR only controls online betting, not the cockfighting events themselves which are streamed online. </p><p>If there were e-sabong events last Holy Week, this means local governments permitted the traditional sabong, she said. </p><p>Domingo also said there are no legal offshore e-sabong betting operations that are regulated by PAGCOR.</p><p>“Wala kaming permits na binibigay na pwedeng tumaya ng offshore. Sa e-sabong dito, inside the Philippines lang. ‘Pag tumataya ang workers natin halimbawa sa Saudi at sa ibang bansa, iligal ‘yon,” said Domingo.</p><p>(There are no permits given offshore. E-sabong is only for the Philippines. If there are OFWs placing bets from overseas like from Saudi, that&#x27;s illegal)</p><p>PAGCOR said there are 7 e-sabong franchises in the country with 1 suspended franchise and 3 others requesting for suspension of their franchise due to the inability to pay the guarantee fee to PAGCOR, Domingo said.</p><p>E-sabong operators need to pay PAGCOR at least P75 million per month as guarantee fee.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/30/22/duterte-not-surprised-if-cops-linked-to-missing-sabungeros">Duterte says &#x27;not surprised&#x27; if some cops involved in sabungeros&#x27; disappearance</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/16/22/sayang-duterte-rejects-e-sabong-suspension-cites-billions-in-revenue">Duterte rejects suspending e-sabong ops, cites billions in revenue</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/15/22/e-sabong-most-difficult-addiction-to-manage-warns-psychologist">Don&#x27;t even try: E-sabong among &#x27;most difficult&#x27; addictions, warns psychologist</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1965097" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><br/> </div>

PAGCOR Chairperson Andrea Domingo on Wednesday said she supports having a separate regulatory body for e-sabong operations.

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PAGCOR chair supports having a separate regulatory body for e-sabong

PAGCOR chair supports having a separate regulatory body for e-sabong

Lady Vicencio,

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Published Apr 27, 2022 04:20 PM PHT

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