How Online Gambling Took Hold Of Philippines And Indonesia: Will The Crackdowns Help? | Insight

[@cyberpatty9879]

Fun Fact: In the Philippines, it's way easier to dump your money into online casinos than to invest it smartly. The government blocks you from opening foreign stock or crypto brokerage accounts, and financial institutions have a lot of annoying KYC requirements that you need to go through. They claim it's to protect you from risky investments, but you don't see that hassle when you're gambling online. Instead, you see ads and billboards for these gambling sites everywhere, even with local celebrities promoting them. It's totally effed up.

[@notsure1135]

yeah, in Australia the big 4 banks limit your capacity to buy crypto. Classic projection... "Oh it's dubious!" Yeah, like your money is legit...

[@DonGrwl]

Wow…

[@Dylan78ful]

It's not to protect you from risky investments, rather it's to protect the bank lmao.

[@verifeli]

Crypto currencies are being used to buy illegal drugs, guns, and even slaves. Of course it's wiser to ban or restrict it.🤦‍♂️

[@immyownperson1375]

So true and it's promoted by famous celebrities yet there's hardly any user protection. The amount of people who've ruined their lives to online gambling😢

[@pilotographer]

POGOs which cater to Chinese gamblers are declared illegal in the Philippines but online casinos for local Filipinos are still in operation.

[@justaguy6133]

Because they have a permit from PAGCOR. That doesn't make them ethical, but they do have the necessary papers to operate.

[@multatuli1]

​@@justaguy6133 it's good that the money circulate within, 900 trillion going outside Indonesia in just couple of years

[@clarkTallano]

Right..and it is still distroying lives...

[@slozor549]

@@clarkTallanodestroying lives? They’re in the right age to think. It’s regulated. It’s their fault if they sell assets just to gamble.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

Indonesia should use Baidu. Why? Indonesia has asked Elon Musk to ban online gambling, but he refused it. Google, X, Facebook etc will not want to miss this massive income from online gambling. So why does Indonesia still need Google etc who massively advertising this online gambling?

[@sampurnoadi2993]

Fun fact. In Indonesia gambling are banned. But if you go to play store, there was ton of gambling game available. Yet the government doesn't dare to bann it. Why? Probably they got royalty from them. So yeah. Green light.

[@Knick-Knack69]

how is this "fun" fact? its just fact, not fun fact

[@remuscalpe2885]

same here in ph, i mean our president declare on banned but i think its not actually banned but re branding they are regulated and have license to operate wow!!!.,.... they do not know the after effect of this gambling company in my country take for example in Europe, they are the first that have experience it, look at them now

[@sfjava6239]

Indo law enforcement get a cut from online gambling.

[@shizumu5v]

holyshit how corrupt is indonesia's government for this to be given the ok. i wouldn't be surprised if the indo gov officials gave the ok for jakarta to sink into the ocean

[@KaesangMulyono]

The real "Fun" fact is... Indonesia is Islam Dominant religion in the country, around 87% of the huge population, yet they are the Number one country with this problem. They should be the one that can control this far better than Philippine, they should put their ego out and learn from the neighboring country like malaysia. well.. as we know Indonesia have the NATO attitude, maybe that's why.

[@AJ91244756]

The people who back up online gambling in Indonesia are the people in power themselves. So it will never go away

[@Abdul_JaculBuratsadorSalsalani]

They will soon banned those gambling platforms once they see the tremendous negative impacts made by those gambling activities in your society eventually. 😏

[@ayeTobi]

True. It also goes the same way in my country.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

Indonesia should use Baidu. Why? Indonesia has asked Elon Musk to ban online gambling, but he refused it. Google, X, Facebook etc will not want to miss this massive income from online gambling. So why does Indonesia still need Google etc who massively advertising this online gambling?

[@seddasa]

same in the Philippines

[@ameliasuhardi7576]

@@Abdul_JaculBuratsadorSalsalani Unlikely since they got money from it

[@josedesilencio8851]

Online gambling is the modern opium.

[@hartonosimon25]

A bit of inside info for you guys. Most of my friends who works for POGO in Phillipines has now moved to Colombo, Sri lanka

[@MaddoxxFD]

colombo i heard that around 10yrs ago from my ex, she worked there..

[@zaberfang]

And replaced by Filipinos running the gambling ring. Lol

[@hartonosimon25]

@@MaddoxxFD well its different if she worked there 10 years ago. It's literally not a thing yet 10 years ago. Im talking about my friends who used to work at Phillipines with POGO and their whole employees which consists of 200 ppl all moved to Colombo ever since POGO was banned

[@Humanities.seeker]

Hahaha … play of “Cat and rat”… everywhere in different forms!

[@beerkegaard]

@@hartonosimon25 I heard many pogos moved to Thailand

[@Dita_Utomo]

Indonesian here. It's poverty. Poverty is the reason online gambling has taken a hold over Indonesia. Cheap labour, low & stagnant wages, inflation, rising cost of living have made so many of us struggling financially. In 2023 it has been reported around 10 million of middle class people have slipped to lower class, an indication that the existing low class people are faced with even bigger challenges. Online gambling is easy and convenient, offering a dream of instantaneous wealth and prosperity. Backed by our highly corrupt government (we were and still are the most corrupted country in the world) and its idiotic, shameless, greedy, and short-sighted officials, I'm afraid online gambling and its repercussions will be around for a long time here.

[@LuqmanRuslee]

I think it's better if everyone is paid with winning stocks instead of real cash so if let say I give Tesla stock worth 1000 usd it will increase value instead of 1000 usd cash only. People also learn a lot of long term investment instead of short term investing or gambling easy money way

[@yulusleonard985]

nah, low IQ. Also Indonesian here. Low IQ people believe they are the center of universe so nothing bad can happen to them.

[@multatuli1]

​@@LuqmanRuslee it's hard for layman to invest on foreign companies, while domestic stocks are manipulated so they lacked a public trust

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

Indonesia should use Baidu. Why? Indonesia has asked Elon Musk to ban online gambling, but he refused it. Google, X, Facebook etc will not want to miss this massive income from online gambling. So why does Indonesia still need Google etc who massively advertising this online gambling?

[@jessicaregina1956]

Ahahahahahahhahahhahahahahahahahaggaggahagagaggagagagagagaga

[@PaufinTV]

Ruined millions of people into poverty and slavery. It's sad my Filipino brothers fall.

[@Michaellegas_0907]

I'm one of them 😭💔

[@ericacanova9519]

It’s absolute slavery. Stay away from online gambling. It’s designed to create willing slaves. It’s like drugs. Don’t do it. Not even once.

[@azitaulava]

​@Michaellegas_0907 tell us more

[@infernozeronityclan5850]

"It's sad my Filipino brothers fall." Hold on, let bro cook

[@JericoPadila-sw4ot]

walaadicted na lolong na

[@bimoarif5918]

the backing of online gambling in Indonesia are the government and police, so that's really hard to eradicating it. the effect is tremendously huge here, circulation of economy dry out, and this is not just about stupd gamblers that are bankrupt and going crazy+suicide themself, but many sellers and producers of goods, services, and other things, got a huge blow due to this.

[@verifeli]

That's also same in other countries, they were backed by government.🤦‍♂️That's why it's really hard to eradicate online gambling in the world.

[@FfblastBlogspot]

😢

[@bigbabyy]

Funny enough, one of the "main character" of indonesian police who backed the gambling was captured but the online gambling still exist and probably getting even bigger lmao

[@CSGOMatches]

Arent majority people there Muslims? What they think Islam says about gambling?

[@FfblastBlogspot]

@@CSGOMatches absolutely haram.

[@WilliamsWilliams-n3p]

I am from America I am really happy to see your work to expose people like this on web and make awareness among people. I have already shared this GLOBAL REVIVE ASSETS to all my foreign friends and ask them to share to others. Thank you again please keep the good work.

[@khairunna100]

I am surprised that online gambling is big in Indonesia because its netizens always deride Malaysia and Singapore for having legal casinos.

[@yongkysiaw6597]

These days, these gambling are masquerade as games. Even children in indonesia are playing it which is crazy.

[@nntflow7058]

It's called hypocrisy. It's quite common here in Indonesia.

[@yongkysiaw6597]

@nntflow7058 that's an understatement of the century 🤣🤣

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

Indonesia should use Baidu. Why? Indonesia has asked Elon Musk to ban online gambling, but he refused it. Google, X, Facebook etc will not want to miss this massive income from online gambling. So why does Indonesia still need Google etc who massively advertising this online gambling?

[@nntflow7058]

@@MSDGroup-ez6zk Because THE POLITICIANS made tons of money from these gambling addictions. Secondly, the Chinese have massive gambling problems as well. Why do you think Macau became soo rich?

[@JojoLannister]

It’s all about human capital. I’m an Indonesian living in the US, and I feel that gambling is somewhat encouraged here. However, most people aren’t foolish enough to fall for it -we understand it’s all about the slim chance of winning. Do gambling as a fun activity, not something that would make you bankrupt. If you win, you’re just lucky.

[@jeremylim51]

SEA, India and Brazil all same victims of online casinos.... Told them to play safe and responsibilities and stop play when lose all

[@Spiceoflife4]

Here in India it's colour matching game runs by chinise

[@Simte1993]

FUN FACT : INDIA is the next big target 🎯 and already flooded with such apps

[@DryEther]

facts eery reels got winzo

[@adriannehipolito6672]

When was it not

[@angieee-]

I have a friend who lost atleast a grand($1,000 or nearly ₱60,000) In just one session of him playing And just the next day he just lost another $500 can't believe how online gambling literally took over his mind His mindset be like: "Maybe its not my day now to win."

[@XxXyzxX]

I lost $30,000 in one session, still feeling sick to my stomach

[@zales6480]

Winning would be like a drug to them. It can be part of these companies plans you know let them win first to entice them to put in more money. It happened before in an online gambling company in the US where they can control the games

[@angieee-]

@@zales6480 yeah when he first won around $600 that was the start of him gambling

[@aciesara5444]

I have friends and relatives who are trapped in that hell. What surprises me is how they are able to afford it. While I don't know their exact earnings, I do know their jobs. There should be a limit to how much money they can borrow, yet they somehow still manage to have money for gambling. It's a mystery.

[@angieee-]

@aciesara5444 maybe they gambling to possibly pay on those debts(if they have one)

[@shotaaizawa11]

social media influencers that advertise it and politicians are the one getting paid, that's why that is rampant.

[@taufikcnugroho]

their marketing are crazy! they hacked to thousands of websites that have low security, and added their own ad page there, overriding access etc. mostly government websites that have high traffic. given that, i know they get absurd amounts of resources ($) by scamming people. every online gambling platform have their own dashboard to set the amount of payout, for each player. can you imagine that?

[@caleb_artzs2533]

From my cousin's own experience if you have relatives that work for a government agency they can just recommend the IT job even though you might not be specialized in security in severs. All government IT workers here in the Philippines might just be a nepo baby

[@travipaws]

In the Philippines at least, there's also a cultural dimension to the issue. Gambling is very much part of the culture. Cockfighting, for example, is already a practice even before the Spaniards colonized the islands. There is also the "bahala na" mindset that ties deeply to gambling in the Filipino psyche, as it aligns with the idea of taking a leap of faith despite uncertainty. Mix that with poverty and you have the perfect formula for gambling prevalence.

[@homeguardjr]

your culture is sht

[@riclu6369]

that's true but that only applies to whos family are already into that culture.. nowadays, gamblers are young, first timers, and of course as expected they're now addicted to it. i've seen couple who are not into gambling but lost all their savings in the heat of SABONG ONLINE (online cockfighting). man they dont even know anything about this but the easy access got the best of em

[@caleb_artzs2533]

It is not that gambling addicts are unique to us Filipinos but to actually invest in stock is hard to do here.

[@bangprast4239]

Saya telah berhenti bermain judi online sejak saya melihat istri saya menangis karena saya memakai uang belanjaan untuk bermain judi..saya tidak mau keluarga saya hancur akibat saya kecanduan judi online.saya sangat mencintai putri saya dan istri saya..

[@Hiroshi-cc8hv]

Bagus bang, jadi ayah yang bijak! Semoga keluarga bapak bahagia dan makmur!

[@244hayrick]

Money isn't evil, but the love of money is.

[@narjoedaiso3691]

yeah "GREED"

[@Ash_Hull]

GREED

[@adamkeynes458]

not always. you can love money without doing anything evil. there are business owners who love money so much that they legally work hard and provide jobs to other people. i would not brand their love of money as evil.

The LACK of money, and how people treat you when you lack it, is evil. When I have money, I get smiles and service. When I don't have money, I get dirty looks and asked to leave.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

Indonesia should use Baidu. Why? Indonesia has asked Elon Musk to ban online gambling, but he refused it. Google, X, Facebook etc will not want to miss this massive income from online gambling. So why does Indonesia still need Google etc who massively advertising this online gambling?

[@aagh6262]

This is what local media companies in the Philippine cannot dare to report. Online gambling is a giant advertisement client. The government may have banned POGOs which have targeted MAINLAND CHINESE but they tolerate those that services Filipinos.

[@doodskie999]

Whats sad is a lot of kids or young adults are now addicted to this online gambling craze. Some spend more than 1k per day(basically twice the average salary) to play. Some even sold their properties due to their addiction

[@leonwijaya7698]

Selama 3 Tahun belakangan Judi Online bercokol di Indonesia, di Kendalikan dari Kamboja dan TERNYATA DI LINDUNGI PEMERINTAH melalui Kementrian Digital. Ada banyak penghianat di Indonesia termasuk di Pemerintahan padahal mudharat judi online luar biasa

[@CSGOMatches]

Since majority of people there are Muslims, what they think about gambling?

[@abuzar4445]

​@@CSGOMatches seduced to teh fullest

[@isaiahlleno1173]

Social media 'Influencers' are promoting gambling games here in The Philippines. How ironic that they do not analyze the consequence of promoting gambling. They are the mediator between the victims/addicted players and the gambling company. These players lost their assets and family and lost themselves. this is a serious issue right now. Social Media Influencers who promoted and are promoting GAMBLING GAMES on the internet must have a legal consequence. This is a wide-scale recruitment! Hence, the government should act otherwise, more and more people will be involded and victimized especially the poor victims that in reality, they have no capacity to take back their assets and make money. Their opportunities are being wasted!.

[@Yosh1az]

Isa rin to sa pinaka ayaw ko sa mga Filipino bloggers, walang moral basta pera na ang pag uusapan

[@AttyKabutat]

Duterte Legacy. That's why Duterte family love China.

[@sonic55193]

Pinag sasabi mo.. an independent foreign policy as stated by our constitution is not pro china..

[@craigfenson]

may nasaktan ka.😅 saktan mo pa please.

[@sonic55193]

@@craigfenson Wala kabang magandang argument jan sa sinabi ko? Hanggang shallow response nalang ba kaya nyo? Puro soundbites at one liner.

[@craigfenson]

@@sonic55193 oh, you want a serious retort? there's a certain sherbet bautista who was illegally detained by a pogo operator. if you get to seek her out, ask what happened to her family life while working there, her kids whom she couldn't attend to because of her work, the kind of [non-]support she got from her parents and siblings. there's a certain rigor maranan whose wife and kids left him because of his addiction. if it interests you, ask him how he struggled-slash-coped, and how people see him as a member of the community. and guess his new 'raket' since atong ang now has his manila arena operating regularly. you want to know who they rooted for as national "leader"?

[@noelneil90rn]

POGO…di naman drugs, pero nakaka adik padin. eyyyyy

[@TravelingWithKiwi]

Actually we are all know that online gambling was already settled up but why a lot of people still playing it? Because they think they can win in a psychology game when they're not

[@indrsa]

Thanks CNA for covering this! As Indonesian I'm really worried about this phenomenom especially goverment and officials are the cooperating with the admins and owners of online gambling in Cambodia. The money circulation in Indonesia through online gambling has increased drastically affecting our micro-economy, like the purchasing power in Indonesia continues to decline and also frauds and scams are everywhere.

[@jimyry3707]

There is a movie called “No more bets” that talks about online gambling in southeast asia

[@davedarryl4233]

My wife and I are WFH since 2020. We're basically house hermits. We do go out often but just around my general area. We don't watch TV or follow the news that much. We have ad-blocks so advertisements are at minimum. Went to a laundromat one day and got whiplashed from an Online gambling ad on TV with big celebrities. Even bigger whiplash when my cab drive through the highway with billboards for online gambling. It felt like I was a caveman that just got defrosted and everything is confusing.

[@chingtvvlogs4846]

I'm from the Philippines gambling is still in operation by government

[@politicfrog]

what's wrong? those remaining are legal and pagcor licensed and its not own by chinese

[@Knick-Knack69]

​@@politicfrogwhat's the difference if they are operated by Chinese or the locals?

[@getrural]

@@politicfrog brain dead

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

Indonesia should use Baidu. Why? Indonesia has asked Elon Musk to ban online gambling, but he refused it. Google, X, Facebook etc will not want to miss this massive income from online gambling. So why does Indonesia still need Google etc who massively advertising this online gambling?

[@hextech3847]

​@@Knick-Knack69 there is, only offshore hubs are banned in PH. While one of the biggest fish called DigiPlus who handles Arenaplus, casino plus and other betting websites are booming. They even have their own stock symbol (PLUS) where the price is only around 7php per share when launched in 2022 and with a span of 2 years, it's now at 24php. More than 300% increase in just 2 years. In short, the ban doesnt affect the local gambling industry here which is getting worse day by day.

[@husky2961]

The biggest problem with Indonesian Online Gambling or as we call it "Judol" is the accessibility. Even kids can play them.

[@SandyYoe-j1y]

Education eduacation education education, thats the only way we can save our country drom online gambling scam

[@japanesefunnyshorts8584]

Didn't save my cousin who is college educated (one of the country's top universities) and had a master's degree too.

[@wangwei2055]

It is not that simple.Education itself is far from enough.

[@CervC]

Philippines also very high on multilevel marketing, was one of the biggest countries in crypto and NFT hype. Let's just we love get rich quick schemes

[@sibin3732]

In Indonesia, the ministry of communication and digital affairs even provided access to online gambling bookies who were willing to bribe them, such a shame.

[@KaesangMulyono]

as Islam Dominant Religion country.. double shamed. they should learned from Malaysia. Not the Top of the List that we should be proud of.

[@GoDaddyYow]

Same here! They are tolerating online gambling and even the government are legalising! Online lending are also rampant with high interest rates!

[@ryotanada]

Didn't some officials from there turn out to be roped in it as well?

[@mirizid9667]

Remember when the minister freaked out when being called out for inspection? ahhh, I love it.

[@imhomeless6902]

I won't be really surprised many influencer/vloggers promotes gambling games just to get that quick buck while knowing that It can ruin lives

[@armorbearer9702]

Okay, the gambling was not the main issue. The crime that came with it is what drove the Philippines to take action.

[@ayeTobi]

Gambling is one of the worst habits that SEA people have.

[@margaesperanza]

I’m glad that real estate fell when POGO got banned. So many Filipinos couldn’t afford rent in the city, some landlords actually prefer Chinese tenants and shamelessly hiked the rent prices because of it. Makati had entire condos mostly populated by POGO workers, with restos and stores that ONLY catered to them. Some even ban Filipinos from entering. Its honestly a relief that we can finally feel at home in our own land and afford rent again 🤷‍♀️

[@OppoOppo-dx7hf]

We hope a school class lessons for Gambling is bad for you. Teach the kids not to gamble at school lessons. At least it will help children to understand not to gamble but work for it. A 20% to 30% is a good cause to help gambling addiction. Teach them in schools bf they get into it.

[@sumotiko]

Scatter Slot game bankrupt majority of the people in our neighborhood, it is an epidemic. Sadly, the poor are the ones affected severely.

[@indeedinteresting2156]

Yeah, the "poor" mindset ones. Lesson learned, I guess.

[@gamer-san8923]

It's sick how our country is promoting gambling while the cost of living is already hard as it is.

[@bigbabyy]

Funny enough, one of the "main character" of indonesian police who backed the gambling was captured but the online gambling still exist and probably getting even bigger lmao Their best movement currently are banning gambling content on youtube indonesia, which probably lil bit effective as youtube previously was the main marketing for online gambling in indonesia Buuuuuut, that's probably just their only movement because last year the government youtube channel was streaming online gambling which is ironic lmao and only after that they start to make a move about this pogo

[@runwiththeqase]

It's ironic that Indonesians accuse Malaysians of being addicted to gambling because of the casinos in Genting Highlands, while they participate in similar activities. It's important to note that these casinos are only accessible to non-Muslims, and not all Malaysians spend their money there. 😂

[@blackkittyyt]

Do you really think no Malaysians play at casinos? Come on, it's so easy now. Even if it's banned, there are still online casinos, just one click away 🤣

[@Ishikawa745]

The last straw that broke the Camles back of Online Gambling Pogos in the Philippines was the possibility of Chinese espionage in Mayor Alice Guo's case.

[@travis11997]

This is sadly happening in america too. Its a huge issue here, everyone gambles on sports, its on commercials on TV and billboards

[@CyborgNeko]

too late for america govemrnt make money and other illegal stuff

[@sirc6580]

Gambling should be ban including in social media.

[@SoFloAntonio]

2.1 million gambling sites were taken down? Is this translation in correct? No chance they could even find that many websites in their jurisdiction. 🤦‍♂️😂

[@lordkido4771]

the goverment (president) lied bro. even if it was true, its not the gambling site or the apps, most of it just fake website and blogspot that been taken down.

[@TheEviLMoth]

True, even the president said that amount. They blocked the sites but not the ips lol. Half of these fuckers are incompentent and the other half is taking bribes. So fucked 🤣

[@devistan5035]

I have become one of the victims of online casinos, although I still win consistently, I find myself addicted to the feeling of winning and earning money. It is indeed a money blackhole and is not a way to earn money. Any type of gambling should be banned all over the world.

[@xxhnnh]

The guy who worked for POGO is blinded by how he is getting paid. If he didn't see any tortures on the companies he had worked for, doesn't mean the tortures on that industry didn't exist.

[@JonJon-wc6pj]

You were clearly misinformed. 😂😂 POGO is a gambling. Not all POGO indulge in criminal activities. POGO got it's bad reputation when syndicate used POGO as a front for their criminal activities.

[@jarchibaldo8188]

So let's say one fastfood chain is abusive to its employees, do we assume all fastfood companies are abusive? What logic is that?

[@xxhnnh]

@@jarchibaldo8188 You have obviously put words on my mouth. I said former employees shouldn't deny the fact that it existed. POGOs and fastfood chains are two different industries to be compared with.

[@xxhnnh]

Duterte apologists, yuck!

[@jarchibaldo8188]

@@xxhnnh the person is sharing his personal experience that there were no tortures. So how is that incorrect?

[@yousignify]

The banning is just to destroy competition. Online gambling is 100% more open to the public after that. I can hear gambling ads on radio and phone more often

[@jonsinclair2821]

It’s also banned in Australia but you can still lose all your money in Australia these online casinos are bad news

[@sabunkompas]

It's simple, gambling awareness is quite low among those who are under risk of being addicted. I rather have a deep concern of all those money which are flowing out of the country.

[@mohdafifiarif8409]

Some say 'blame the game, not the player'😅

[@charleston7970]

Orang asia tenggara terlalu mudah di ditipu, bahkan ilmu ilmu ini diturunkan ke anaknya. Berharap bisa kaya hanya dengan menjudi sungguh miris

[@connordrake5713]

Philippines has really a gambling addiction. We have sabong(cock fighting), cards games like pusoy and tong-its, jueteng, lotto, ending to name a few. Online casino right now is the manifestation of how many Filipinos are addicted to gambling and it's really the reason why Philippines is still poor. Most of us bet on easy wins and even we get the top prize, most Filipinos spend it like a crazy rich asians rather than investing it on something. 😔

[@homeguardjr]

I think your country is a failed state. your national culture is trash. you still follow USA. and you brought back Marcos. your utilities are privatized. even transportation is privatized. you have different languages and cultures. It's a mess.

[@jaysonmatining23]

jueteng lotto playing cards is ok you can still control your funds but online cock fighting is a wrecking ball and its uncrontrollable

[@domdidomdidomdidom]

Philippines is and will always remain poor because of the politicians you choose. They all corrupt af. Gambling will always be there but crooked politicians will keep the country poor. 😂

[@kramburia6331]

Shout-out po sa mga social medias influencers na nag p-promote nang online sugal sana proud po kayo sa epekto nang ginagawa nyo, talagang pera pera nalang at wala nang pakiaalam sa epekto God Bless po sa INYONG MGA INFLUENCERS. 😇

[@papaganteng194]

Indonesia the biggest online gambler in the world. 😂😂😂😂

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Great documentary 💯👏

[@jpdelmar440]

Stronger law enforcement is the key... not killing the industry. Simply banning it is a lazy solution.

[@verifeli]

Yeah, go and tell Indonesians and Filipinos to do it. They will always choose killing and banning, instead of regulating the industry.

[@Born2Punch]

It's crazy when I used to gamble online, I used to see so many Fillipino people chatting in live games. It was predominately them.

[@CG-fn2cj]

They are putting the blame on Duterte's POGO which clients are usually non Filipinos but not on the online games on Maya and GCash which Filipinos have access and are addicted too (like duh, the current president is a substance addict)! If Bangag Marcos is really serious about this gambling thing, he should ban all this including the ones that Filipinos have access to on this e-money sites.

[@Knick-Knack69]

true, its like they are targeting the Chinese or foreigners operated Pogo only, bcos they hated/envy them

[@XjApps]

Who started it anyway? It was the Dutertes. Check the end of this video, they say if Sara will win the election on 2028, she will resume POGOS. So Why blame on the person who banned it in the first place? And why not blame the person who started the POGO and wanted to resume them?

[@koruptorbesar9141]

How to? You should know he is the son of the cleanest president, right? He only has clean money in his pocket 😊😊😊

[@CG-fn2cj]

@koruptorbesar9141 your referring to whom?

[@fsantos4199]

Pero binoto mo bago sila mag away ni Tatay Digs mo, no?

[@moogiemoogs]

For one, gambling ads should also be banned. And apart from all the banning, they should also focus on the education and rehabilitation aspect, especially for gambling addicts.

[@hafizhassan9786]

Philippines we could understand but Indonesia? As the largest Muslim major country in the world, and gambling is forbid (haram) how the people of Indonesia became one of the world's largest online gamblers...?? Indonesians always insulting Malaysia for having a legal casino in Genting Highlands and other legal gambling eg lottery tickets, horse race etc despite of 65% of population are Muslims, but it strictly to non Muslims to enter the casino and allowed to gamble to avoid illegal gambling. Online gambling is illegal in Malaysia and many sites being blocked by MMC to curb illegal gambling, however still are attempt to gamble but the rate far lower than Indonesia or Philippines due to awareness risk of gambling.

[@Roz_FJ]

Some Indonesian Muslims are not very religious. Many individuals may find themselves adhering to their parents' beliefs primarily out of a sense of tradition rather than genuine personal conviction. Blaming the religion itself is misguided; instead, it’s crucial to recognize the complexity of individual beliefs and practices

[@runwiththeqase]

That's what we called HYPOCRISY AND PROJECTION. Macam tak kenal jiran sebelah kan... 😂

[@bzibubabbzibubab420]

Muslims in Indonesia are a55 , everyone is just following around .

[@xantercanterbury1238]

Alhamdullillah Allah pelihara M'sia & Brunei. Tapi ingat, Najib dulu cuba normalisasikan judi, contohnya promoto judi piala dunia. Teruk Najib & UMNO kena hentam. Jadikan Judi suatu najis berat. Judi membawa kepada kehancuran diri, keluarga, masyarakat & negara. Judi membiakkan perhambaan, pelacuran, penindasan dll. Puak babi suka judi sebab mereka memang jahat.

[@blackkittyyt]

Blocking online gambling sites? What a joke 🤣 They just switch domains and it's business as usual. It's so easy. Basically, Malaysia's population is small, so they target Indonesia with its huge population for online gambling

[@angietinio2511]

Not a gambler, but I can tell that most Filipinos LOVE cheap dopamine. This is a silent crisis among us. People don’t know that they are often studied so these gambling companies understand how to keep people hooked into the gambler’s fallacy.

[@orlandodizon4755]

Social media and mobile games program brains to crave those dopamine hits. Children are the most vulnerable. Filipinos don't care about the bad effects of soc med. We even take pride that our country is the social media capital of the world. Tiktok is particularly insidious. Lots of us play mobile games. Many of those games have some gambling component involved.

[@aishx]

This programme was sponsored by Resorts World Sentosa ☺️

[@Titikterendahindonesia]

Thank you, CNA TV, for supporting the eradication of stopping online gambling.by arif jaya

[@DeanPilacan]

To all the gambling addicts out there. Don't think of what you've lost, think of what's left.

[@satriaamiluhur622]

Online gambling has become so prevalent in indonesia, our tv news is full of people stealing/doing crimes to fund their gambling addiction

[@jaysonmatining23]

Its really simple the leaders of the Government needs to organized and manage societies carefully and properly and the smallest structures of societies are families and households. Money that are supposed to be spent for groceries and school and other bills but just wasted losing on gambling. Who's benefitting this? You already know what kind of leadership a country has allowing this to flourish thats all I can say. Again we will all lose if every agenda Money is more important than People.

[@malibayman]

Did dudirty personally make from these POGOs? I know, silly question.

[@remotefreelancer2060]

It;s Marcoos Vangag Corrupt and Cocaine user is the one behind POGO...including the First Lady

[@passportbrolife]

@@remotefreelancer2060 🤣... Dutete family and Micheal Yang and Harry Roque are the Mastermind of POGO...thank you

[@RANMAJUANHALF-23]

Very true butete family and Harry humpy dumpy roque 😂 Basta kasalanan ng dating administration Yan Kya lumala Sugal sa pinas mga tuta ng china e ​@@passportbrolife

[@gmom45689]

I think people should look in Royal Win and Yono games in India too, its looting All People in NorthEast region and Govt. Has no idea of it

[@GiatiWulandari]

Aduh hampir saja, sedikit lagi, bentar lagi, coba lagi 😢😢😢 preet menang 😢😢😢 keluarga kecilku jangan sampai sentuh judol... duitnya juga gak ada, bagaimana bisa kita buat judol duitnya nyari nya saja sangat payah hujan kehujanan, panas kepanasan... terlalu sayang untuk judol ... karena kita cuman dagang cilok yg dijalan,tapi untuk amal dan kewajiban no:1, bayar kontrakan, makan, bayar spp dll.tolong yang pintar internet atau apa apalah,itu yg iklan judi online buang buangin aja, gak ada manfaat baiknya.tolong yg bandarnya di tangkep deh...plis😊😊😊

[@izmialbar9499]

Hingga pada akhirnya banyak perampokan dan pencurian. Karna kekeringan pendapatan akibat perjudian online, ekonomi turun secara masif, negara sangat lemah terhadap kejahatan cyber yg seharusnya bisa di atasi terlebih dahulu sebelum merebak, giliran darurat baru di tangani, tindakan kriminal semakin besar, tidak tau mau seperti apa negara ini. Indonesia. Jika perjudian masih selalu di bekingi oleh orang2 yang berpangkat. Namun menjadi korban masyarakat kecil. Dan bodohnya mereka selalu bermain judi sedangkan itu tidak pernah menguntungkanmu.

[@shoestring-budget08]

Yang beking mah enak, kalau negara ancur tinggal pindah ke negara lain

[@koruptorbesar9141]

Susah Pak. Kalau pemimpin banyak yang biadab, mereka tak peduli kerusakan bangsa. Yang penting kantung penuh, anak istri hidup mewah. Begitu pemikiran banyak pemimpin.

[@izmialbar9499]

@@koruptorbesar9141 yaa ini bukan soal kesalahan masyarakat juga yg bermain judol dan pinjol. Tapi harusnya para aparatur lebih bisa mengendalikan terlebih dahulu kejahatan cyber seperti ini sebelum merabah ke masyarakat umum. Sungguh lemah sistem keamanan negri ini. Sudah lemah di bikin lemah lagi sama uang. Negara ancur

[@MAG1C-ez4de]

Phillip - Morris philosophy. When 1st world gets wise, go to the 3rd world. ... Lack of education is the problem. Not the Vices that is put infront of you...

[@KaesangMulyono]

Funny when they are using "Online gaming" and "mecca" as metaphor. Nowadays level of journalism. 🤣

[@koruptorbesar9141]

The word used here doesn't have anything to do with religious matter. But it is to tell that South East Asia becoming the " centre " of this vice.

[@lastChang]

Follow the money! - It's not surprising if Duterte's bank accounts are full of Chinese 🇨🇳 money connected to Alice Guo and POGO.

[@avatarairbinder6157]

Duthirty got 2.4 Billlion php deposite on his 3 bank acount

[@kurapot]

​@@avatarairbinder6157How did you know? Theres called a bank secrecy law, naniwala ka kay Trililing?

[@allanreyes6628]

Who said that? Trillanes.

[@avatarairbinder6157]

@@allanreyes6628 That was based on bank reciepts not trillianes

[@ert4255]

​@@allanreyes6628 normal Lang Ng pogo diri SA Davao OA Yung iba. Support pogo 👊

[@klydepc]

as Indonesian, Im amazed how filipino mixed tagalog and english

[@orenmax512]

Long live Mr. Rodrigo Duterte and Mr. Jokowi, may online gambling prosper in the Philippines and Indonesia forever❤❤❤❤

[@ragsdgreat9969]

LOL they banned pogo but you can gamble legally on a E-wallet LOL what a joke

[@robenvillanueva9653]

Ban in Philippines but still here i am gambling while watching😂😂

[@raidshadows644]

Proud ka pa 🤮

[@phoenixdown1947]

not everything is under POGO. there's also E-games, and ofcourse some illegal operations.

[@TravelingWithKiwi]

You don't love your family

[@dulio12385]

Gambling is a form of natural selection: Smart people stay away, the dumb ones get ruined.

[@koruptorbesar9141]

Well, when the entire society is completely damaged. However smart a person is, his life and security would be severely impacted. It is therefore the duty of all citizens to warn each other never to take the games bait.

[@URBAN_Resistance]

Du30 legacy 😂😂😂btw some pogos boss are holding Singaporean citizenship 😂😂😂

[@margaretchong1450]

New citizens. Wherever there is Chinese there is gambling. Gambling and vice is in their DNA.

[@allanreyes6628]

LOL.. online gambling a.k.a PIGO is a BBM legacy.

[@URBAN_Resistance]

@allanreyes6628 we are talking about pogo and that's the legacy of the duterte crime syndicate

[@sonic55193]

Pogo catered to Chinese audience, we generate a lot of tax from POGO at the expense of the Chinese people, not Filipinos. Now they demonized POGO and replaced it with local gambling corporations that caters to Filipino audience, destroying filipino lives. There's a reason why those POGOs flew out from China in the first place and landed here. POGOs and the Chinese government don't see eye to eye.

[@RANMAJUANHALF-23]

220 Yan 😂

[@lus]

The poorer you are... the more you gamble.

[@JunBermz]

Duterte legacy in the Philippines.

[@sonic55193]

Pogo catered to Chinese audience, we generate a lot of tax from POGO at the expense of the Chinese people, not Filipinos. Now they demonized POGO and replaced it with local gambling corporations that caters to Filipino audience, destroying filipino lives. There's a reason why those POGOs flew out from China in the first place and landed here. POGOs and the Chinese government don't see eye to eye.

[@jarchibaldo8188]

Bobo spotted. Ang POGO po exclusive for foreigners lang. Di makakalaro ang mga Pinoy sa POGO. So ang binan po ng BBM admin ay mga foreigners na makapaglaro at kumita ang Pilipinas sa mga foreigners. Ang legacy po ng BBM admin ay palakasin ang PIGO or online gambling for Filipinos. Kaya maraming locals na ang nagiging adik sa sugal. Thanks BBM!

[@kzm-cb5mr]

Rampant online gambling in the Philippines peaked during Duterte's tenure. He loves his Chinese overlords.

[@jcbenedicto8056]

Lies. Kay Bongbong yan nagsulputan lahat ng kanto meron na. Foreign ang clients ng POGO. Not local.

[@kzm-cb5mr]

@@jcbenedicto8056 Try better, Dutertard.

[@k1nzl]

Thank you SCATTER i now own a Toyota Vios -OLD Toyota Supra owner

[@langloch]

Gambling advertisements are a vermin to society, love that Singapore is the only Asean country that don't advertise gambling openly. It corrupts children's values and morals.

[@pearlyung]

Singapore has the most gambling hotel casinos in Asean

[@langloch]

@@pearlyung not really, Singapore only got 2 casinos

[@pearlyung]

@langloch 3 including the cruise ship. On a per square feet basis, or per capita, that's a lot!!!!!!

[@langloch]

@@pearlyung do you know how many casinos in other asean countries?

[@pearlyung]

@langloch singapore has the most per sq meter and per capita

[@tsl-p4q]

Don't forget that some of the POGO revenue went to paying government tax. So while the move to ban it is in the right direction I won't exactly call the government a hero in this affair.

[@bingoSK9]

I truly never understood this addiction... even with actual physical casino, everyone knows that the house ALWAYS wins... they dont make millions if gamblers win... So already it makes no mathematical sense to even touch it... you KNOW its like throwing your money down the toilet. Plus today we now know its just a dopamine high that these casinos manipulate. If we KNOW all this, why gamble? Are these people's intellect truly not stronger than the petty tactics casino employ?

[@koruptorbesar9141]

If you bet 1 and win 100 for first two times, it makes you think it is so easy to win. Tomorrow you woukd bet 100 expecting winning 10000. That's human greed nature, everyone loves money. And most love money with minimum effort, instead of through hard work.

[@bingoSK9]

@@koruptorbesar9141 Talking about someone's subjective experience doesn't change the facts or the stats. Once you know the house always wins against gamblers, it should be enough to realise it's all an illusion. Your consiousness should be stronger than some urges they manage to trigger here and there.

[@newton7433]

Oh man we know, we know probability we know the math we know the slots are rigged but still we keep playing because we are addicted. It's like we know smoking and drinking is harmful yet we consume it, same is with gambling. The worst part even more worse than losing money is the sick feeling after a big lose it sucks. I wish it's banned worldwide

[@bzibubabbzibubab420]

​@@bingoSK9 its easy to realize for you and us not for those who have little to no education

[@jshu-_-]

Thanks DUTERTE. You not only brought death, but a new kind of addiction.

[@rdhalim]

It doesn’t matter, there will be a lot illegal casinos around, at least he taxed most of the casino and get revenue for the country. It just needs better regulations.

[@shoestring-budget08]

Looks like Duterte waged war on drugs because the drug lords didn't pay him tributes, then he replaced it with online gambling and made sure he got his cut

[@allanreyes6628]

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Do you know the difference between POGO and PIGO? While Duterte legalized POGO to collect more taxes, BBM tolerated PIGO which is worse than POGO in term of social cost.

[@Heh-v3x]

I know a friend who worked at POGOs in the PH, he said these jobs provide better services like housing costs, allowance and medical bills. But to find a good POGO job which provides these kind of services and your safety, requires you to risk applying through shady ones. He said it's worth the risk because they paid him three to four times more than an average Filipino job. He worked for 3 years since COVID. Now he's building a mansion in his yard right below my neighbourhood back in Cambodia.

[@ArabicReja973]

*International laws* are very clear on the South China Sea: - parts of it belong to some ASEAN countries, including Philippines 🇵🇭, - the rest of it is the international water, - no part of it belongs to China🇨🇳 or Taiwan🇹🇼.

[@yux.tn.3641]

now that China's economy is stagnating, I expect even more Chinese money flowing into SE Asia this vid is specifically on Philippines and Indonesia, because I think Malaysia, Thailand probably have stricter laws regarding these sites, and those countries are more developed 30:00 feel bad for the indo guy, indonesia needs to crack down heavy on this

[@JoshuaLlaneta28]

Here in the philippines our government promoting gambling and online lending and they want to ban crypto.

[@XjApps]

Govt already banned them. BBM declared them banned "until the end of the year". Cryptos are banned because there were so many gullible people investing in the wrong and illegal sites.

[@esusbuenaventura5578]

Gusto nila sila lang kumita e haha

[@zales6480]

Sino po nag ppromote?

[@Multisportamateur]

They use to be all at RCBC building!

[@user-kd3oo8oe5u]

Thank the Dudirties for that. There's even a POGO on the same building of the Office of the Vice President.

[@torquettalk]

Filipinos being exploitables per decade once more. When will us Filipinos get a break or at least be free from all these vices for good?

[@this_name_is_not_available6923]

All forms of gambling is really addictive. Physical casinos, online casinos (more accessible because of internet) and other vices because of the “promises” of “easy money”

[@kkiat424]

It's not South China Sea. It shld b call South Asia Sea, and the sea area belong to Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia. China & USA need to stay out of our area

[@Hiterboy666]

We faced the same problem in Cambodia but I think the situation is much worse here with local news reporting suicides very frequently