It’s the government’s responsibility to take them down, especially since their operations are no longer within the bounds of the law. In fact, they’ve been called scam hubs, using gambling casinos as a front for their true intentions.
So, goodbye, POGO hubs, and thank you for the few years you stayed. It’s time to move on.
I hope new casinos will come in, similar to POGO operations that cater to Chinese players, because we can’t deny that the government earned billions of pesos from these operations. If only they had been effectively regulated, there wouldn’t have been such major issues.
The problem is, with high corruption, starting with the Bureau of Immigration. POGO employees were even allowed to work without proper visas because companies were bribing officials. It’s like the Philippine government wasn’t doing its job properly, which is why things ended up this way.
I guess it all starts with cleaning up the system first. Without addressing corruption, similar operations will just face the same problems.