This big gambling hub ( Island Cove POGO hub ) has officially signed off.
For now they are, but once they lack the money to sustain the economy and POGO cools down, these gambling hubs will be back again; gambling is legal in the Philippines, and if there's a new administration that needs more funds to the government coffer, they will let these gambling hubs reopen. These gambling hubs have been operating for many years, and they have built jobs and businesses around the hub, The next administration will re consider once they see huge money and jobs generated. You cannot just kill the duck that lays the golden egg.
Maybe this time the issues surrounding the gambling hub might've turned out to be big. This seems to be the reason why the closing is made serious, provided with the deadline. If things weren't going as planned, the government had ordered for deportation. At the same time, gambling hubs serve to be a major means of economy, and a big business runs around it. Surely there'll be reconsideration, and these are temporary decisions to withstand the present political vibe of the nation. Gambling being legal in the country, surely this will make a comeback.