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  2. Chinese gambling workers in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, the Chinese embassy in Manila has expressed concern regarding the large-scale illegal recruitment of Chinese nationals in POGOs describing their plight as "modern slavery". It noted that some Chinese were illegally brought in the Philippines under tourist visas [ 7 ] and some had their passports confiscated by their Philippine-based ...

  3. Philippine offshore gaming operator - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, watchdog Movement for the Restoration of Peace and Order said that the Philippines was becoming a haven for POGO-related crimes. The watchdog said that illegal workers were packed into condominiums, each unit having up to 40 people, in two or three shifts. Authorities arrested several illegal Chinese workers from raided POGOs, which ...

  4. Philippines bans gambling operations catered to illicit ...

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    Last month, the Chinese embassy in Manila said it appealed to the Philippines to ban POGO “to root out this social ill,” adding it had assisted Philippine authorities in shutting down five ...

  5. Hong Tai raid - Wikipedia

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    The NCRPO executed search and seizure warrants for computer data against Xinchuang for alleged violations of the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act. The police also purportedly rescued close to 3,000 people, 1,528 of which are Filipinos and the rest being foreign citizens, inside the compound. [1]

  6. Gambling in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    List of jueteng numbers from bettors at different times of the day. Jueteng is an illegal numbers game that is a form of local lottery and is popular in the country due to its nature. The game was probably introduced during the Spanish colonization, and like cockfighting, it was done so by Chinese entrepreneurs. [28]

  7. Island Cove (Cavite) - Wikipedia

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    Island Cove was an online gambling complex primarily owned and controlled by Chinese nationals in Island Cove and Animal Island in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.. It was originally a resort and leisure park called "Covelandia Island Resort", which then closed in 2018, then reopened under the name "Island Cove Resort and Leisure Park" or simply as "Island Cove" in 2021.

  8. EA pops Pogo's bubble, shuts down Pogo Games for ... - AOL

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    While the Pogo brand has been around for years, the name was never able to take off on Facebook as well as it did on its own website, as Pogo Games for Facebook now sits at just over 50,000 ...

  9. Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation - Wikipedia

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    [25]: 102 Most of the companies which obtained POGO licenses were Chinese, and their businesses primarily catered to the ethnic Chinese community at-large. [ 25 ] : 102 On July 22, 2024, after President Bongbong Marcos officially banned all POGOs in the country, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) are instructed to cease ...