Solons slam Pagcor for failure to run after illegal online gaming operators; complete ban sought

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Lawmakers criticized Monday the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) for its failure to run after the more than 100 illegal online gaming operators.

At Monday House Committee on Ways and Means’ initial deliberation on a bill seeking to impose a five-percent tax on all offshore gaming companies,

“I feel that Pagcor has its own government. I would suggest that we scrap the whole POGO all together if we are not going to really tax it, let us scrap it all together. The government does not need any kind of a gaming that cannot be touched,” he said. “This is uncontrolled. So, therefore, how can Pagcor actually control and regulate the more than 100 illegal online gaming operators?,” Abante asked.

She said Pagcor has a mutual cooperation agreement with the Philippine National Police , National Bureau of Investigation , Bureau of Immigration and Office of the President to address the proliferation of illegal online gaming operations.

 

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