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<p>MANILA -- The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) said it is looking at the best practices in other countries on how to deal with illegal online gambling.</p><p>The agency said it is looking at an online government platform that will manage legal online gambling transactions instead of allowing private e-wallet platforms to do this.</p><p>“We’re trying to study other models abroad, and I think one of the things we would propose is gobyerno na lang ang papayagan na mag-service don sa mga gaming platforms,” said CICC Acting Deputy Executive Director Renato Paraiso.</p><p>The CICC official said this platform could be managed by a government-run bank like Landbank or DBP, but it would require a new law.</p><p>“This requires legislation, siguro kailangan nating bigyan ng panahon para makapag-acquire ng technical capability din ang Landbank,” Paraiso explained.</p><p>Paraiso said, the CICC is coordinating with different apps like Telegram, Viber, Lazada and others on restricting links to online gambling sites and apps. </p><p>“Kausap ko ang Telegram and they said, they have zero tolerance policy when it comes to anything illegal within their platforms,” said Paraiso.</p><p>He noted that illegal online gambling operators are also shifting to other available platforms after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ordered e-wallet apps to remove links to online gambling.</p><p>Paraiso believes, the government should be one step ahead of illegal gambling operators.</p><p>“We can disrupt all we want pero ang nangyayari sa disruption natin--pagka-down mo don sa isang site, tayo lang sila ng tayo ng ibang site,” said Paraiso.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/94WTXM9MSKQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The CICC said it is looking at an online government platform that will manage legal online gambling transactions.</p>

The CICC said it is looking at an online government platform that will manage legal online gambling transactions.

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Cybercrime body mulls centralized govt platform for online gambling

Johnson Manabat,

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Published Aug 19, 2025 06:20 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 19, 2025 08:55 PM PHT

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