Total POGO ban

Remember the POGOs? The intensifying political turbulence has edged out Alice Guo and the illegal activities that prompted the government to finally impose a total ban on Philippine offshore gaming operators and their state-sponsored version, the IGL or internet gaming licensee.

With national attention now focused on the bitter feud between the Marcos-Romualdez and Duterte clans, authorities may lose sight of the year-end deadline for the complete shutdown of all POGOs and IGLs, without exemption. The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, which had conducted raids on major POGO hubs, and other law enforcement agencies have reported that the POGOs have splintered into smaller operations and have gone underground. Filipinos who learned the ropes from the original Chinese operators are now running offshore gaming and related cyber-scams, the PAOCC said.