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VisMin Super Cup: Regulator 'inclined' to revoke team's license over game-fixing

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<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=1683473" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar"><div><em>Video courtesy of PTV</em></div></div><p>The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) on Wednesday said it is &quot;inclined&quot; to withdraw or revoke the license of a basketball team over allegations of game-fixing during the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup. </p><p>While the investigation is still ongoing, GAB Chairman Abraham Mitra said: “Meron pong isang team doon na pinatanggalan na ng... hindi na pinayagang maglaro ulit.” </p><p>“The GAB is inclined to withdraw o tanggalin naman iyong lisensya nila para ma-ban na talaga sila to teach them a lesson, so that all these things will not happen again,” he said in a public briefing. </p><p>(There is a team there that was no longer allowed to play. The GAB is inclined to withdraw or revoke their license so that they will be totally banned to teach them a lesson, and so that all these things will not happen again.)</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/sports/05/10/vismin-super-cup.jpg"/><figcaption>The Games and Amusements Board has given the go-signal to resume the preparations for the Mindanao leg of the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup. <em>Photo courtesy of Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The league in April <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/15/21/siquijor-team-expelled-from-vismin-super-cup">expelled</a> players and coaches of Siquijor&#x27;s now-infamous contest with the Lapu-Lapu City team, during which both sides missed point blank layups and free throws. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/18/21/two-siquijor-players-escape-lifetime-ban-from-vismin-league">Two Siquijor players escape lifetime ban from VisMin league</a></li></ul><p>Several players and coaches of Lapu-Lapu City were fined and suspended. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/28/21/vismin-cup-rendell-seninings-suspension-lifted-conditionally">VisMin Cup: Rendell Senining&#x27;s suspension lifted &#x27;conditionally&#x27;</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/22/21/vismin-cup-player-wrongly-accused-in-controversial-game-redeems-self-in-arq-win">VisMin Cup: Player wrongly accused in controversial game redeems self in ARQ win</a></li></ul><p>The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) decried the game as a &quot;travesty,&quot; and warned of possible sanctions at the federation level. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/19/21/vismin-cup-sponsor-asks-gab-to-reconsider-suspension-of-mindanao-leg">VisMin Cup sponsor asks GAB to reconsider suspension of Mindanao leg</a></li></ul><p>The following teams are set to compete in the Mindanao leg of the league: Basilan Peace Riders, Cagayan De Oro Rafters, Zamboanga Los Valientes, Pagadian Explorers, Roxas Vanguards, Sindagan Saints, and groups from Tawi-Tawi, Valencia City, Bukidnon, and Ozamis.</p>

<p>The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) on Wednesday said it is "inclined" to withdraw or revoke the license of a basketball team over allegations of game-fixing during the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup. </p>

The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) on Wednesday said it is "inclined" to withdraw or revoke the license of a basketball team over allegations of game-fixing during the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup.