If this has not been brought up here, I will do it. In the Philippines, this news is what everyone is talking about. Several gamblers were abducted and have been missing since. It has been only revealed that those missing gamblers were really killed after they were caught cheating in cockfighting.
A whistleblower says there were more than 100 that were killed. The prime suspect is Atong Ang, a businessman and a major player in the gambling industry. His team denies all accusations and says to be filing a case against the one accusing the businessman. It has even been said that some corrupt police men were involved in the abduction and killing of gamblers.
Anyway, whoever is behind all this should be punished and I hope the victims get the justice they deserve. I do not condone cheating in gambling but is killing really the way? Let us pray for the victims.
If I understood correctly, the article says that these gambling games were illegal. Such illegal business is always run by criminal gangs. Well, that's why the inevitable result was a crime. It is unknown whether the victims were scammers. Blaming the victims and killing them is not at all equivalent to an investigation and a trial... But that's how criminal structures operate. That's why you shouldn't participate in illegal sweepstakes or other gambling when there are legal casinos.