the government's priority is its people, if cockfighting can bring greater destruction to its people for me it should be banned. if many people fall into poverty because of gambling, then this will also be a problem for the government. speaking the state income is very large in gambling, but the government has to sacrifice the lives of its people. even though there are strict rules made by the government if the people don't care and keep gambling at the expense of everything this will be in vain. the government must take a firm stance against gambling which can have fatal consequences for the economy of its people.
To be clear to you guys, cockfighting is not banned in the PH, only the "
online betting" of cockfights was put to a halt. Maybe many Filipinos lack the discipline on gambling, that is why their life is so messed up right now due to online betting but for now, it is just a hear-say as no statistical data was released on the number of people whose life got messy because of this.
Election time is on the next day so this whole thing might be a setup so opposition candidates can somehow gain sympathy on the people if the government doesn't act on this one but they failed as the seating President is wise and takes the necessary steps to settle the issue, just my two cents.
We have cockfighting in our locality and even our local authorities are promoting it, it's only online sabong to get in the cockpit coliseum you have to pay the entrance fee and the number of cockfighting is limited compared to e-sabong where you have access 24/7 so with this, local gamblers cannot stop and cannot control their urge until they lose everything.
When it comes to gambling there should be a time limit and moderation, the government should set a time limit and it should be on limited number of days so they can restrict people, it's very different online you hve access 24 hours