Seeing the same, in the place where i live, government officials are also participating, especially those police who love this gambling. Gamblers are free to play since they are heavily protected.
Police professionals here in our country are not allowed to participate in any form of gambling, especially in gambling like cockfighting.
That was prohibited because it might lead to self-interest and abuse. It will lead to kicking on the service permanently.
You will never see police here playing that gambling game that's why as much as possible they are hiding their identities just to play this gambling game.
i think it only apply if the police officers are wearing uniform and are on duty but if not, they can participate in betting on cockfight arena. most of the time events like these happens far away from the police stations. we can only notice there is a cockfighting going on when tricycles cram in a remote cite.
I think the officer playing gambling could order other people to place bets while he remained in place watching if there was news of an ambush so he could immediately tell his friends in the casino to stay away for a while. The officials were very careful if they wanted to place a bet and would wait for the right time to come to the casino because they knew their fellow officers supervised all forms of gambling. That's why it's not easy to find where cockfighting is because only certain people are invited there.
These games are usually organized within a short period of time in a specific area. Also, games are not heavily promoted outside the specific area. It is not advertised in the media either. Hence identifying it will not be a very easy task. But if it is considered seriously then it is definitely possible to get the information of this program organizer. Because in today's era almost everywhere in the world there is use of internet and smart phone.
But it won't be easy to find where the venue for the event is being held unless they get an invitation from the organizers or are told by a friend who wants to place a bet there. They promote it only from person to person and it has proven to be the most effective promotion because they can reach many people at the cockfighting event. And even though there is now the internet that can help users find all kinds of information, finding an offline cockfighting place still takes work.
I think the officer playing gambling could order other people to place bets while he remained in place watching if there was news of an ambush so he could immediately tell his friends in the casino to stay away for a while. The officials were very careful if they wanted to place a bet and would wait for the right time to come to the casino because they knew their fellow officers supervised all forms of gambling. That's why it's not easy to find where cockfighting is because only certain people are invited there.
This is the advantage of being a police because they know if there will be a raid that will happen and they can leave on that gambling place before their co-police came in the scene. It is still risky because what if someone reports them to their head? They can be fired out in an instant. That serves as a punishment because they are supposed to stop these kinds of activities, not to join them and encourage other people to do the same thing. This destroys their image as a police.
I really don't know the reason on why cock fighting is illegal while other gambling games are still illegal. I think this is because there's an animal that is involved or harmed here.
Those who become police and commit corruption must have friends who are police officers who will protect each other so that it will be difficult for the real police to track them down. And there is also the possibility that the police chief is involved in a corruption case. It will help the police officers under his work to protect the illegal casino.
But if you want to destroy or arrest this corrupt police network, maybe there should be an investigation from the police chief down to the members below him so that it can help in a large-scale purge there.
It could be because only cockfights are used as bets and no other animals are used as bets, making it illegal.