Location: Philippines

Online gaming transactions fell by 50% after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas directed e-wallet platforms to cut in-app access to gambling sites, according to the Philippine ...

Philippine Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called for the government to go further in restricting public access to gambling sites by disconnecting e-wallets from them ...

Online gambling sites in the Philippines have moved to new platforms as the government increases restrictions on e-wallets. Providers were ordered to block gambling access ...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has ordered all e-wallet platforms to remove links and in-app features connecting to online gambling sites within 48 hours. The directive ...

The Philippine Department of Finance is considering new laws for online gambling, alongside a general tax amnesty program. Speaking at an EJAP Economic Forum in Manila earlier ...

Philippine government employees have been prohibited from engaging in any form of online gambling, according to a memorandum issued by the country’s Department of the Interior ...

The Senate committee on games and amusement will begin hearings this week on several bills aimed at addressing problems linked to online gambling in the Philippines. Committee ...

Philippine Senator Joel Villanueva has encouraged government integrity oversight agency the Civil Service Commission to ban online gambling among civil servants and prevent these ...

Nineteen igaming companies in the Philippines have created a safe gambling organization called the PlaySafe Alliance of the Philippines. The alliance aims to promote safe ...

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has said he will create a national conference to tackle the issue of igaming addiction in the country. The conference will aim to ...

Philippine telecommunications provider Globe Telecom has updated its mobile wallet brand GCash with new measures to promote responsible online gaming. The launch comes ahead of ...

The number of jobless Filipinos rose to 1.95 million in June from 1.62 million last year, driven by layoffs in the gambling industry. Coupled with a rise in unpaid work, the ...

The Philippines’ Bureau of Internal Revenue has warned that banning online gambling could severely impact the country’s ability to meet its PHP3.2 trillion revenue target for ...

The office of the Philippines President has called for a data-driven study of online gambling in the country before any significant policy changes. The announcement follows ...

Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, has urged lawmakers to take action against igaming. In a speech this week ...